The Last Sitting
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The Last Sitting is the title of a book and photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe
by photographer Bert Stern
. The photo shoot was commissioned by Vogue
magazine in late June 1962, taking place over three daily sessions, just six weeks before she died.
Bert Stern first published The Last Sitting in 1982. The book included a large number of the over 2,500 images that Stern had shot, including contact sheets with images Monroe had disliked and crossed out. In the book, Stern recounted being enchanted by Monroe until a near-intimate encounter after the second day of shooting; he then realized that she was deeply troubled.
In 2008 Stern shot recreations of the images used by Vogue
— with actress Lindsay Lohan
as the model—for the February 25, 2008 issue of New York
.
Paperback editions:
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....
by photographer Bert Stern
Bert Stern
Bertram Stern is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer.-Marilyn Monroe:His best known work is arguably The Last Sitting, a collection of 2,500 photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe over a three day period, six weeks before her death, taken for Vogue...
. The photo shoot was commissioned by Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
magazine in late June 1962, taking place over three daily sessions, just six weeks before she died.
Bert Stern first published The Last Sitting in 1982. The book included a large number of the over 2,500 images that Stern had shot, including contact sheets with images Monroe had disliked and crossed out. In the book, Stern recounted being enchanted by Monroe until a near-intimate encounter after the second day of shooting; he then realized that she was deeply troubled.
In 2008 Stern shot recreations of the images used by Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
— with actress Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
as the model—for the February 25, 2008 issue of New York
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
.
Publishing history
Hardcover editions:- The Last Sitting. William Morrow and CompanyWilliam Morrow and CompanyWilliam Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, and sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981. It was sold along to the News Corporation in 1999...
(October 1982) ISBN 068801173X - The Last Sitting. Orbis PublishingOrbis PublishingOrbis Publishing Ltd. was a United Kingdom-based publisher of books and partworks. The company was founded in 1970 and changed its name to De Agostini UK Ltd...
(1982) ISBN 0856134686 - The Last Sitting. Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
Value Publishing (January 9, 1988) ISBN 0517402548 - Marilyn Monroe's Last Sitting. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (December 31, 1998) ISBN 388814261X
- Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (2000)
- Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting. Schirmer Art Books (July 31, 2006) ISBN 3888141915
- Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting. Te Neues Publishing Company (October 2000) ISBN 3823854836
Paperback editions:
- Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (2000)
- La Derniere Seance: Marilyn Monroe. Éditions GallimardÉditions GallimardÉditions Gallimard is one of the leading French publishers of books. The Guardian has described it as having "the best backlist in the world". In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1418 titles....
(2006) ISBN 2070118576 - Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting. Random House Mondadori (July 10, 2007) ISBN 0307391647
External links
- Samples from The Last Sitting from Stern's official website