Today marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of one of the undisputed myths of Hollywood, Norma Jean Baker, better known under her stage name Marilyn Monroe. One of the legends that the twentieth century left us and that shone in the cinema, to a lesser extent in the world of song. In addition to her dazzling beauty, to this day we remember her for one of the attributes that best represented the artist: her naturalness, her freshness and her humility as well as her courteous treatment with the media and the press.
It has been in the eye of the hurricane and today, it continues to be despite the fact that it has left us for more than 50 years. Throughout her magnificent career, countless assumptions have appeared that questioned her sexual orientation, her IQ, her relationship with the Kennedys and even the circumstances of her death, although of course it is her professional wake that catapults her to the immortality and what makes it an artistic landmark, as well as an icon of art and aesthetics. Today we recall his photo shoot, the Black Series, materialized by the hand of photographer Milton Greene and which became his best work. A succession of images that impregnate us with the essence of the artist, and that are presented in a most suggestive lost black background and that paradoxically endows the protagonist with greater strength and power. And it is that, a great stage was not needed, a great atmosphere, with the presence of Marilyn a spectacular result could be achieved, here is the proof. Although today we have gathered a selection of the snapshots that make up this magnificent collection, here you can access the complete series.
