''The Last Sitting'' is a book and photo shoot of

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

by photographer

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. The photo shoot was commissioned by ''

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'' magazine in late June 1962, taking place over three daily sessions, just six weeks before she died. Bert Stern published ''The Last Sitting'' in 1982. The book included many of the over 2,500 images that Stern had shot, including

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s with images Monroe had disliked and crossed out. In 2008 Stern shot recreations of the images used by ''

''—with actress Lindsay Lohan as the model—for the February 25, 2008 issue of '' New York''.

Publishing history

Hardcover editions

* ''The Last Sitting''.

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(1982) * ''The Last Sitting''.

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(1982) * ''The Last Sitting''.

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Value Publishing (January 9, 1988) * ''Marilyn Monroe's Last Sitting''. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (1998) * ''Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting''. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (2000) * ''Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting''. Schirmer Art Books (2006) * ''Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting''. Te Neues Publishing Company (2000)

Paperback editions

* ''Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting''. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (2000) * ''La Derniere Seance: Marilyn Monroe''.

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(2006) * ''Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting''. Random House Mondadori (2007)

References

External links

Samples from ''The Last Sitting''
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