The Last Sitting

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The Last Sitting is the title of a book and photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe by photographer Bert Stern. The photo shoot was commissioned by Vogue magazine in late June 1962, taking place over three daily sessions, just six weeks before she died.

Bert Stern first published The Last Sitting in 1982. The book included a large number of the over 2,500 images that Stern had shot, including contact sheets with images Monroe had disliked crossed out. In the book, Stern recounted being enchanted by Monroe until a near-intimate encounter after the second day of shooting; he then realized that she was deeply troubled.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008 Stern shot recreations of the images used by Vogue — with actress Lindsay Lohan as the model—for the February 25, 2008 issue of New York.^[1]

[edit] Publishing history

Hardcover editions

• The Last Sitting. William Morrow and Company (October 1982) ISBN 068801173X
• The Last Sitting. Orbis Publishing (1982) ISBN 0856134686
• The Last Sitting. Random House Value Publishing (January 9, 1988) ISBN 0517402548
• Marilyn Monroe's Last Sitting. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (December 31, 1998) ISBN 388814261X
• Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (2000)
• Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting. Schirmer Art Books (July 31, 2006) ISBN 3888141915
• Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting. Te Neues Publishing Company (October 2000) ISBN 3823854836

Paperback editions

• Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting. Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (2000)
• La Derniere Seance: Marilyn Monroe. Éditions Gallimard (2006) ISBN 2070118576
• Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting. Random House Mondadori (July 10, 2007) ISBN 0307391647

[edit] References

1. ^ Fortini, Amanda (February 18, 2008). Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe in "The Last Sitting". NYmag.com. “Photographs by Bert Stern”

[edit] External links

• Samples from The Last Sitting from Stern's official website