Marilyn: Intimate Exposures [Hardcover]

Susan Bernard (Author), Jane Russell (Foreword), Lindsay Lohan (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 4, 2011

Includes frameable print!

2012 is the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death, and this lavishly illustrated volume celebrates her enduring beauty through photographs by legendary Hollywood photographer Bruno Bernard. Bernard's iconic photograph of Marilyn standing over the subway grate in a billowing white dress is synonymous with Hollywood glamour and sex appeal, and many of the images here have never before been published. They cover key moments in Marilyn's life, including her first professional sitting in 1946, all enlivened by fascinating excerpts from Bruno's journal.

Fans of the blonde bombshell will also treasure the stunning, frameable print included with this keepsake book, and both Jane Russell (Marilyn's co-star in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and Lindsay Lohan have contributed forewords.

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About the Author

Susan Bernard, daughter of Bruno Bernard, is an author, producer, and president of Bernard of Hollywood Publishing/Renaissance Road, Inc. She preserves and internationally exhibits, publishes, and licenses her late father's work, generating feature articles in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, American Photo, Entertainment Weekly, and other journals. Bernard of Hollywood's famous “Marilyn in White” photograph was chosen as the photographic Symbol of the Century in 1999 by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in its Fame After Photography exhibition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Sterling Signature; Har/Lslf edition (October 4, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140278001X
• ISBN-13: 978-1402780011
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 10.4 x 12.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #28 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( M ) > Monroe, Marilyn

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Coffee Table Book That Will Change the Way You Think About Marilyn October 3, 2011

By Lillian Lemoning

Format:Hardcover

"Intimate Exposures" is the kind of coffee table book that could save you from a terrible party. When the music is lame and the bar is empty, you sit down on the couch to take a breather and find this gorgeous book. An hour and a half later you've seen so many beautiful pictures of Marilyn that have never before been published. Most importantly, you'll discover a Marilyn different from the tragic figure the media loves to point to to say that sexuality and stardom destroys. Bernard [of Hollywood] knew Marilyn as a friend, and he documents her rise to stardom with the eye of both a journalist and a glamour photographer. (He was both in his day.) Bernard's Marilyn is beautiful, brave, and passionate, proud of her accomplishments, bruised but not broken, feeling every win and loss in her life with the same wide-eyed openness that made her a hypnotizing presence on screen. It's so exciting to see a Marilyn that isn't a victim. The tragedy is her death. Her life is another thing all together.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Book! November 17, 2011

By YogiBon

Format:Hardcover

This beautiful book really surprised me with new images of Marilyn and insights from the author. Hearing stories from the renown photographer give another intriguing angle to the Marilyn Monroe legacy. A true treat ::

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars ANNIVERSARY - Fifty Years Ago Today: The Death of a Legend August 5, 2012

By Grady Harp HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Hardcover

On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe's life ended. Though her career was rather short, the image she created and the person she was is just as strong fifty years later - if not more so. And who better to attribute a good deal of her success than Bruno Bernard who as a photographer who followed her from the beginning of her career to the end. Bruno Bernard's daughter Sarah Bernard has gathered all the photographs her father took of the Marilyn Monroe we all loved and remember. Here are the famous images of Marilyn in all her glamour, shots in her extravagant film costumes as well as the comfy clothes she wore as she pursued her dedication to acting training even after she became and international star.

The book includes images of Marilyn Monroe form her beginnings in 1946 through her marriages and on to the peak of her stardom. But not only does Sarah Bernard included all of the images from her fathers collection of well known photographs of Marilyn the star, but also many never before published photographs of the actress and glamour diva in her quieter, more pensive moments, that part of her vulnerable life that simply adds to the growth of her stature as a legend. There are notes from Bernard's journal that have not been public before and these notes prove that not only was Bruno Bernard one of Hollywood's most iconic photographers but also a memoirist worthy of reading.

There are many books about Marilyn Monroe being published this year of the anniversary of her death, but few are as touching as this lush monograph. Grady Harp, August 12