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Ed Feingersh's 1955 Candid Portraits of Marilyn Monroe

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Ed Feingersh's 1955 Candid Portraits of Marilyn Monroe

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Ed Feingersh's 1955 Redbook assignment gave him six days of open access to Marilyn Monroe in New York, producing available-light candid portraits that became his best-known work. The images are held in the Michael Ochs Archives and distributed by Getty.

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