Rare Photos of Marilyn Monroe with a Rolleiflex
In these vintage photos, Hollywood’s blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe is seen taking some photographs with a Rolleiflex TLR. Who knew that this year’s Cannes poster girl liked being behind the lens as well as in front of it?
(Source: lomography.com)
Leica’s fame was built on the work and celebrity of Henri Cartier-Bresson. However, I cannot imagine it would please HCB to see the “luxe” direction Leica is taking. Bresson believed in the power of photography. Before his death, he created a photographic center in Paris to encourage and exhibit the work of photographers, mostly Leica photographers. If he were alive today, I have to believe he would urge Leica to invest a little more in the future of cameras as “working tools” rather than in the future of cameras as “investments.
An interesting perspective on the modern Leica.
(via fxgeek)
An interview with the venerable Albert Watson.
I don’t agree with everything Erick says, but it’s a pretty good list overall.
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When Marilyn asked John Huston how to throw the dice, he replied:
“Don’t think about it, honey, just throw.That’s the story of your life Don’t think, do it.”
Photographed by Eve Arnold, 1960.
Photos from a time before oil was king.
Jeff Vespa gives you a behind-the-scenes look at Alex Prager’s new series Compulsion and La Petite Mort.
I’m pretty surprised this is only Ballen’s first UK retrospective.
Funny, but true.
Did you know Frida Kahlo had a personal stash of about 6,500 photos?
Another good tidbit: Frida also came from a line of photographers — her father and her grandfather were both professional photographers.
Frida Kahlo’s Personal Photography
via NPR; Washington Post
