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Marilyn Monroe: A British Love Affair

Leave a comment Posted by oxfordschoolofphotography on December 28, 2012

The National Portrait Gallery is holding an exhibition of photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Photographs and magazine covers from 1947 to 1962 celebrate the transformation of the world’s most popular pin-up to acclaimed actress, highlighting the British photographers and personalities who admired her and worked with her.

National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE

29 September 2012 – 24 March 2013 The exhibition is free and in room 33

© Ed Pfizenmaier

Edith Sitwell and Marilyn Monroe, 1953 Photograph by George Silk/LIFE – © Time Inc

© Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London

© Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London

See more of the NPG Monroe archive here

Photography Exhibitions Cecil Beaton, London, Marilyn Monroe, National Portrait Gallery, NPG, oxfordschoolofphotography.co.uk, photographersworkshop.co.uk

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