r.i.p. bert stern

self-portrait with marilyn monroe, the last sitting, 1962

sue lyon as lolita for look magazine, 1960

twiggy

jane birkin & serge gainsbourg,  ca. 1970

elizabeth taylor as cleopatra, 1962

cary grant as charlie chaplin for life magazine, december 1963

jean shrimpton for vogue, 1965

iconic photographer bert stern died wednesday at the age of 83.  known for his intimate & raw portraits of marilyn monroe, stern was a pioneer of advertising photography as well as photographing fashion & celebrity. in 1959 stern told a panel of commercial artists that "i like to put my feelings into my photographs." a statement that was considered provocative in its day.  a legendary photographer.

icon - jack nicholson

photograph by willy rizzo

in chinatown, 1974

jack nicholson & angelica houston photographed by klaus lucka von zelberschwecht for interview magazine, 1974

photograph by annie leibovitz

jack nicholson at home with joint photographed by arthur schatz, 1969

with peter fonda in easy rider, 1969

with michelangelo antonioni on the set of the passenger, 1975

with cher at the hotel byblos in saint-tropez, 1970s

(is that michelle phillips on the left?)

with sean penn

with roman polanski on the set of chinatown, 1974

in the last detail, 1973

with michelle phillips at the premiere of the godfather in new york, march 14,  1972

with elizabeth taylor photographed by richard avedon

in the shining, 1980

one of the original bad boys of cinema.

how much fun does he look like he has?  

the story-tellers, part 43

elizabeth taylor dressed as an odalisque, photographed by firooz zahedi, 1976.

la grande odalisque by jean-auguste dominique, 1814.

odalisque by achille jacques-jean marie devéria, 1800-1857.

odalisque I photographed by horst p. horst, 1943.

la grande odalisque (after ingres) by pablo picasso, 1907.

kiki de montparnasse en odalisque photographed by man ray, 1925.

odalisque by françois boucher, 1745.

odalisque seated with arms raised, green striped chair by henri matisse, 1923.

a modern odalisque photographed by e. donald roberts jr., ca. 1894.

the story-tellers, part 29

nancy cunard by man ray, paris, ca. 1925

margo lion

(she was a german chanson, parodist, cabaret singer and actress....she hung out with marlene dietrich & they sang together & she is amazing! beyond love)

 marquise luisa casati by baron adolf de meyer, ca. 1912

reneé perle by jacques henri lartigue, ca. 1930

gia carangi wearing robert lee morris bracelets by albert watson, 1981

coco chanel concocting jewelry in her paris atelier by mark shaw, 1957

suzy solidor wearing chanel bracelets by man ray, 1920s

elizabeth taylor

the story-tellers, part 26

claudette colbert, cleopatra, 1934

theda bara, cleopatra, 1917

elizabeth taylor, cleopatra, 1962

loretta young, nefertiti, the loretta young show, 1957

jeanne crain, nefertiti, nefertiti reine du nil, 1961

vivien leigh, cleopatra, caesar and cleopatra, 1945

anne baxter, nefertari, the ten commandments, 1956

lyndsey marshal, cleopatra, rome, 2007