Marilyn in New York

Marilyn in New York

We have New York photographer Ed Feingersh to thank for some of the most attractive photos ever taken of Marilyn Monroe. For example, the icon image simply entitled "Chanel no. 5" : Marilyn standing in front of the mirror in her New York hotel suite, putting the final touches to her evening dress, a touch of perfume to her decollete.
Feingersh took the pictures during the so-called "New York exile" Marilyn went into early 1955 to sidestep the unacceptable constraints of her contract with Twentieth Century Fox and take drama classes under Lee Strasberg. For an entire week Feingersh covered a Marilyn who had just turned 29 and was gradually growing up, as she went about her private and public life in New York.