THE LOST PHOTOGRAPHS

FOR A MOVIE STAR WHO WAS STYLED AND POSED BY OTHERS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, AND WHOSE PERSONA WAS REPEATEDLY FROZEN ON FILM, THESE RECENTLY DISCOVERED IMAGES ARE POSITIVELY CASUAL. THEY'RE ALSO A TRUE RARITY: FRESH SNAPSHOTS OF A FRESH-FACED ICON WHO HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURY'S MOST-PHOTOGRAPHED WOMEN

MARY ALICE MILLER

(ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON VANITYFAIR.COM, MAY 27, 2014)

Marilyn Monroe loved the limelight, often asking members of her entourage to photograph her on movie sets between takes— as a cure for nervousness and restlessness. Her subsequent ease is captured in these pictures, shot by her makeup artist and her business partner, as well as other friends and lensmen who closely orbited the mega-star. The photographs were showcased in a traveling exhibition curated by Pierre Vudrag, head of Limited Runs, an online gallery that acquired the rights to the images and is selling them as limitededition prints.