Bert Stern Brooklyn, USA, 1929-2013
Stern taught himself to take pictures when he was young. Throughout his career, he changed the landscape of fashion and advertising photography by creating images so dynamic that they no longer existed simply to complement text.
In 1951 he entered Mayfair magazine as artistic director and soon began his collaboration with magazines such as Vogue, Squire, Look, Life, Glamor and Holiday, his best known work is The last sitting (The last session) which is a collection of 2,571 photographs Taken with Marilyn Monroe in 1962 at the Bel-Air hotel in Los Angeles.
Exhibitions of his work include "I Want to Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe" displayed at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and "The Last Sitting" at the Musée Maillol in Paris.
He died in Manhattan in 2013, at the age of 83.
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Bert SternElizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, N.D.Archival pigment photograph / Fotografía en pigmento de archivo26 x 26 cm
10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in -
Bert SternMarilyn Monroe behind a crucifix, from The Last Sitting for Vogue, 1962Print set within contact sheet border / Parte de conjunto de impresiones dentro de los bordes de hoja de contacto98.4 x 99.7 cm
38 3/4 x 39 1/4 in (without frame)
42 1/2 x 42 1/2 inches (framed)
108 x 108 cm -
Bert SternMarilyn Monroe nude on a bed, from The Last Sitting for Vogue, 1962Archival pigment photograph / Fotografía en pigmento de archivo101.6 x 123.2 cm
40 x 48 1/2 in -
Bert SternMarilyn Monroe with jewels, from The Last Sitting for Vogue, 1962Archival pigment photograph / Fotografía en pigmento de archivo33 x 27 cm
13 x 10 5/8 in
