{"product_id":"45th-anniversary-andre-de-dienes-marilyn-monroe","title":"45th Anniversary: André de Dienes Marilyn Monroe","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBefore Marilyn, there was Norma Jeane\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA story of love and friendship with a megastar in the making\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne day in 1945, fashion photographer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndré de Dienes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003emet an aspiring model named\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorma Jeane Dougherty\u003c\/strong\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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of de Dienes's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ephotographs and private memoirs\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003eCalifornia-native\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Crist\u003c\/strong\u003e's TASCHEN titles include André de Dienes's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarilyn\u003c\/em\u003e, William Claxton's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSteve McQueen\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Polaroid Book\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46013048848582,"sku":"9783754407097","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/4708\/2607\/files\/DE_DIENES_MARILYN_MONROE_45_GB_3D_43021.jpg?v=1783052776","url":"https:\/\/bjustfabulous.com\/products\/45th-anniversary-andre-de-dienes-marilyn-monroe","provider":"Just Fabulous Palm Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}