- The Last Sitting
"The Last Sitting" is the title of a book and photo shoot of
Marilyn Monroe by photographerBert 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 sheet s 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.fact|date=March 2008In 2008 Stern shot recreations of the images used by "Vogue" — with actress
Lindsay Lohan as the model—for theFebruary 25 ,2008 issue of "New York". [cite web |url=http://media.nymag.com/fashion/08/spring/44247/ |title=Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe in "The Last Sitting" |quote=Photographs byBert Stern |first=Amanda |last=Fortini |date=February 18 ,2008 |publisher=NYmag.com]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 0307391647References
External links
* [http://www.bertstern.com/marilyn1.html Samples from "The Last Sitting"] from Stern's official website
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