Norma Jeane Dougherty stepped into Joseph Jasgur’s (1919–2009) studio in 1946 with no money, but the ambition to become a model. Jasgur shot numerous photographs of her over the following weeks, including glamour shots that she used in her 20th Century Fox interview.
Jasgur sold the rights to his entire portfolio, including the Monroe photographs, to a contractor, and spent the last years of his life trying to regain control of it.
The following series is the last of five posts that shows Norma Jeane Dougherty's first photo shoot in 1946 (later Marilyn Monroe, or course).
