GEORGE BARRIS
LAST PHOTOS
George Barris was a celebrity photo journalist and worked in Hollywood taking pictures of many stars of the 1950s and 1960s. Barris was the last professional photographer to take photos of Marilyn Monroe in July 1962 before her untimely death. No one knew these would be the last photos ever taken of her. For over thirty years he did not reveal most of the photos that he took. Cosmopolitan Magazine had commissioned Barris to create a photographic essay. He pitched the idea of doing a book project and she agreed, but was most enthusiastic about the photography.
Silver Halide print from the original negative | 11” x 14” | Edition of 99 Pink Top, Los Angeles, California, 1962
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