KASHIO AOKI
HONEYMOON SERIES
When Joe DiMaggio and his new wife Marilyn Monroe arrived in Japan in February 1954, they were overwhelmed by a crowd of over 250 photo-journalists and paparazzi and refused to pose for photographs. Although the couple’s privacy was heavily guarded with the restriction of press inside the plane, a few photographs were taken. Kashio Aoki, a Pan American Airline steward, asked Joe if he could take pictures of the couple and Joe consented. Aoki’s photographs were some of the few taken on the couples honeymoon. He kept the photos for 46 years before he published them through Edward Weston.
Silver Gelatin print from the original negative | 11” x 14” | Edition of 75 Honeymoon Shot, Tokyo, Japan, 1954
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