The Photo-Galerie of the Maison des Etats-Unis will be presenting from May 31 through October 7, 2011, A Blonde in Manhattan, The Marilyn Monroe you’ve never seen" an exhibition by photographer Ed Feingersh on the occasion of the release of Adrien Gombeaud’s book, “A Blonde in Manhattan”.

Marilyn left Hollywood in 1955 to take classes at the Actors Studio and establish a production house in New York. Photoreporter Ed Feingersh, known for his war pictures, was hired to follow her by the women’s magazine “Redbook”. Within one week, he had established a complicity with the actress that could be seen in their glances in the streets of Manhattan, in the crowds, on a palace terrace, or in the stands of Madison Square Garden…

Forgotten in a Brooklyn warehouse, these negatives reappeared in 1987. They were purchased by Getty Images who restored them at the same time as the Michael Ochs archives, the California collector who salvaged these pictures.

Today’s exhibition shows a selection of prints from this story. While Adrien Gombeaud, film critic at the “Echos” and the magazine “Positif”, just published a book-investigation about this story, “A Blonde in Manhattan”, released by Le Serpent a Plumes. The book tells the story of this reportage, including elements of the tumultuous life of the actress and the photographer. One would fall into depression before becoming a legend, the other would fall into self destruction and would be forgotten.

Bernard Perrine
Bernard.Perrine1@orange.fr

Une Blonde à Manhattan
“The Marilyn Monroe you’ ve never seen”
Photography by Ed Feingersh

Through October 7
La Maison des Etats-Unis
3, rue Cassette, 75006 Paris
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info@maisonddesetatsunis.com

Book
Une Blonde à Manhattan
Adrien Gombeaud
Published by Le Serpent à Plumes