
These beautiful pics of Marilyn Monroe were part of his work that George Barris took in 1962, just 3 weeks before her death. I feel a double connection to her, because she was the launching key to the beginning of. He is well known for taking the last photo of Monroe on July 13, 1962. Monroes tragic 1962 death precluded Hefner from ever meeting the woman who helped make him famous. He photographed many stars of the 1950s and 1960s, including Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Cleopatra, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Steve McQueen.īarris is perhaps best known for his work with Marilyn Monroe, whom he photographed in 1954 on the set of The Seven Year Itch, and in 1962 at Santa Monica beach, and in the Hollywood Hills in a series that became known as “The Last Photos.”īarris was collaborating on a book titled Marilyn: Her Life In Her Own Words at the time of her death.

Eisenhower were published.Īfter the war, he became a freelance photographer and found work in Hollywood. Many of his photographs of General Dwight D. Marilyn Monroe: The Last Shoot is a photograph printed from the original negative taken by George Barris (1922-2016).

In a 1962 interview with photographer George Barris, Marilyn stated that. Born 1922 in New York City, American photographer and photojournalist George Barris had a lifelong interest in photography. Anthony Summers, How Marilyn Monroe Rejected Her Secret Dad in His Dying Days.
