By 1946, they worked on a shoot again, but by this time she was Marilyn Monroe. The next time Andre de Dienes and Marilyn were to work together was in 1952, just after her nude photograph scandal had broken. (the set she had posed for in 1949 with Tom Kelley). As well as the iconic Marilyn Monroe, Andre de Dienes also photographed Hollywood celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Ingrid Bergman, Ronald Reagan, Jane Russell, Anita Ekberg and Fred Astaire. He was considered one of the best glamour photographers’ working in Hollywood at the time, and his pioneering techniques, from behind the lens to in the darkroom, were well documented in major publications such as Classic Art Photography, and many other periodicals of the day. One of Marilyn’s first lovers, de Dienes photographed Monroe privately in 1945, 1946, 1949 and 1953.

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On Labor Day 1946, Norma Jeane called de Dienes to her apartment. She told him she had a new name and in her flowery script wrote out Marilyn Monroe. De Dienes took the newly named Marilyn again to a deserted beach. After reading from a book of philosophical poetry, Marilyn posed for de Dienes interpreting various moods. In these photographs we see a bare-faced Marilyn embodying happiness, pensiveness, introspection, serenity, sadness and even death. When acting out death, she looks solemnly and painfully at the ground. When de Dienes asked her why her face appeared tormented in death instead of calm and peaceful, she insisted that was how she imagined her death. Andre de Dienes was born in 1913 in what is now Romania. After arriving in Paris in 1933, he became a photographer for the Communist newspaper L’Humanité. He began working as a fashion photographer for Parisian couturiers and moved to New York in 1938 with the help of Esquire magazine editor Arnold Gingrich. In New York he photographed for Esquire, Vogue and Life. In 1951, de Dienes moved to Hollywood and began to photograph movie stars and to experiment with nudes and landscapes. His memoir Marilyn Mon Amour was published in 1985. In 2002, Taschen published de Dienes monumental monograph simply titled Marilyn. In addition, 24 books of his nudes have been published. I was de-banked by Barclays! Landlord is left ‘incandescent’ with rage after High Street bank shuts down his family business account without warning... leaving tenants unable to pay him rent Steven Kasher Gallery is pleased to announce Andre de Dienes: Marilyn and California Girls, the first solo show of photographer Andre de Dienes in New York in over ten years. The exhibition features more than fifty lifetime prints from de Dienes’ two most famous series, Marilyn Monroe and California nudes. In 1945, De Dienes (1913-1985) was the first professional photographer to photograph Marilyn when she was just a model named Norma Jeane Baker. One of Marilyn’s first lovers, de Dienes was an intimate of Marilyn and photographed her privately in 1945, 1946, 1949 and 1953. His iconic photographs capture her transformation from sensitive and ambitious ingénue into Marilyn Monroe troubled star.In 1945, De Dienes was the first professional photographer to photograph a model named Norma Jeane Baker before she became Marilyn Monroe.

His work, can be summed up no greater than in the following quote; ‘Dienes was a man not interested in the glamour or the politics of his work. For him it was about creating something beautiful and nurturing, an idea of the feminine ideal.'[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] In 1945, fashion photographer Andre de Dienes developed a relationship with an aspiring young model named Norma Jean Dougherty resulting in a brief engagement and a huge portfolio of stunning photographs which helped to launch her career as Marilyn Monroe. When he returned to California some months later, de Dienes found that the young and innocent model he knew as Norma Jeane had been made over into the coy budding actress Marilyn Monroe. Still fascinated by Marilyn’s expressive face, he asked her to accompany him to a beach in Malibu to take photographs for a book of poetry and philosophy he wanted to illustrate. The rare large scale photographs he made in 1946 depict Marilyn acting out various moods including happiness, introspection, serenity and sadness.

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The rare, large-scale photographs he made on that day at the beach in 1946 show Marilyn acting out various moods – happiness, introspection, serenity and sadness. XL bully ban could lead to more dogs being dumped if vets can't cope with demands of the policy, rescue centre warnsIn November 1945, de Dienes, a successful New York fashion photographer, moved temporarily to Hollywood. His first task was to find a model for his experimental, often nude photography.