Posted on Wednesday, 11 July 2012

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In 1961, Marilyn Monroe told 27 year old photographer Douglas Kirkland to come into bed with her.

The evening he spent with Monroe 51 years ago was sensual, intimate, and spontaneous, and it produced the famous series “An Evening With Marilyn Monroe.” The series consists of Marilyn posing sensually in bed, with only a silk sheet between her and the camera. Kirkland was a novice photographer at the time, nothing compared to his prolific career today, but according to Kirkland, the two of them shared a tension-filled shoot that helped create the stunning photographs. Thinking back on the evening today, he describes their time together as though they “were in a beautiful dance,” with Marilyn leading of course.

My Evening With Marilyn: Marilyn Monroe And Douglas Kirkland’s Photographic Seduction

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