Bert Stern

infobox Artist
name = Bert Stern


imagesize =
caption =
birthname = Bertram Stern
birthdate = Birth date and age|1929|10|3
location =
deathdate =
deathplace =
nationality = American
field = portrait photography, fashion photography
training =
movement =
works = "The Last Sitting"
patrons =
influenced by =
influenced =
awards =

Bertram Stern (born 3 October 1929) is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer.

His best known work is arguably "The Last Sitting", a collection of 2,500 photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe over a three day period, six weeks before her death, taken for "Vogue". Stern published "Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting" in 1992. In it, he recounted being enchanted by her until a near-intimate encounter after the second day of shooting; he then realized that she was deeply troubled.

He also directed "Jazz on a Summer's Day", a 1959 documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Stern worked as a photographer on "Lolita" and shot the publicity photographs of Sue Lyon. He has photographed Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Drew Barrymore and Lindsay Lohan (recreating "The Last Sitting"), among others, in addition to his work for advertising and travel publications.

Stern is divorced from the ballerina Allegra Kent. He is the father of Trista Stern Wright, [Susannah Stern] [http://www.susannahstern.com] , and Bret Stern.

External links

* [http://www.bertstern.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/hof/2006/?id=303 Art Directors Club biography, portrait and images of work]