{"product_id":"andr-©-de-dienes-marilyn-monroe-45th-ed-9783754407097","title":"Andr√© de Dienes: Marilyn Monroe. 45th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unparalleled portrait of an icon, reissued in a compact edition for Marilyn's 100th birthday. Featuring photographs and memoirs by her first photographer, brief fianc√©, and lifelong friend, Andr√© de Dienes, this intimate archive traces Norma Jeane's rise to Marilyn Monroe, capturing her enduring magnetism up to her final days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day in 1945, fashion photographer \u003cb\u003eAndr√© de Dienes \u003c\/b\u003emet an aspiring model named \u003cb\u003eNorma Jeane Dougherty\u003c\/b\u003e.  It was a momentous moment, both for his personal life and his  photographic portfolio. Over the next few years, he would be briefly  engaged to Norma Jeane, take a number of adventurous road trips with  her, and build up a stunning series of portraits which would help launch  her modeling, and later movie, career.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of de Dienes's \u003cb\u003ephotographs and private memoirs \u003c\/b\u003eoffers  an intimate picture of Norma Jeane the woman, before she was Marilyn  the icon. From their trip to see Norma Jeane's mother in a mental  hospital to Marilyn's visit a few days before her death, de Dienes's  emotion-laden archive, often annotated with handwritten notes, offers a  deeply personal account of Monroe's transformation from a sensitive,  ambitious girl into a deeply troubled global star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9783754407097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 23 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Taschen GmbH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Cologne, Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21.7(H)x15.6(L)x3.2(W)1088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 1088\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eCalifornia-native Steve Crist's TASCHEN titles include Andr√© de Dienes's Marilyn, William Claxton's Steve McQueen, and The Polaroid Book.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003ePictures of a fresh, carefree, uninhibited Marilyn flirting with the camera on the beach. * Der Spiegel *","brand":"Steve Crist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50837518614745,"sku":"9783754407097","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9783754407097.jpg?v=1793105129","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/andr-%c2%a9-de-dienes-marilyn-monroe-45th-ed-9783754407097","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}