If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats: Marilyn in Action #28

July 08, 2009

Marilyn in Action #28

Marilyn deflates

10 comments so far:

Joanne said...: Honestly, this dress that Marilyn is wearing is exactly like the one Mariah Carey wore yesterday at Michael Jackson's memorial service.; July 08, 2009 7:52 AM
Rhys Ziemba said...: People really obsess over her in a way that I've never understood. However, I must say that this photograph is to me extremely interesting. I've always thought she looks like Richard Avedon just told her that their dog died.; July 08, 2009 1:27 PM
Inquiring Camera Girl said...: Was this shot staged, or did Avedon capture a real moment here? If that's a phony expression, it sure looks realistic...; July 08, 2009 4:09 PM
Tom Sutpen said...: I'd say marginally-staged; maybe not even that much. According to Avedon, what's in the photo is real (it was taken just moments after the conclusion of a standard photo shoot and she was clearly coming down from the performance), but she was very much aware that he was photographing her in that state.; July 08, 2009 10:27 PM
Tom Sutpen said...: Rhys:

I think that technique only works on anti-semitic, pro-Nazi ex-regents and their equally odious wives.; July 08, 2009 10:31 PM
Christopher said...: another candid winner....I'd say its time to call it a day here before,like Marilyn, we all become zombies; July 08, 2009 10:14 PM
phil said...: I've never really understood those who don't understand why we obsess over her.; July 09, 2009 10:53 PM
Marshall P. Smith said...: Her internal demons are showing.

Sad.; July 10, 2009 5:21 PM
Monkey Crayons said...: “For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that’s — she did Marilyn Monroe. Then there was the inevitable drop… she sat in the corner like a child, with everything gone. I wouldn’t photograph her without her knowledge of it. And as I came with the camera, I saw that she was not saying no.” -- Richard Avedon; July 13, 2009 3:01 PM
Milan said...: Rhys: I agree and I wonder if it isn't the case that human tribes are obliged to select one (1) person of maximum prestige in a given category and obsess about that singular individual. (It may be a matter of our biology but that doesn't mean I have to like it.); July 17, 2009 2:54 AM

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