Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe, The Last Sitting, 1962 (January 27 " March 26, 2022). "What makes a great model is her need, her desire; and it's exciting to photograph desire," Stern once said. Encouraged to pursue photography by Stanley Kubrick,Stern's reputation quickly grew as he worked for commercial companies such as Revlon. He became a mainstay for fashion magazines like Vogue, and his portfolio featured such superstars as Twiggy, Truman Capote, and Audrey Hepburn. Stern famously captured MarilynMonroe in The Last Sitting, the actress's last group of portraits taken six weeks before her death.
