[vc_row][vc_column][vcex_spacing][vc_single_image image=“2044″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vcex_divider][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=“About the Artist“ font_container=“tag:h3|text_align:left“ use_theme_fonts=“yes“][vcex_spacing size=“20px“][vc_column_text]Bert Stern was an American photographer best known for his iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe. With a photo shoot that took place in 1962 just weeks before the actress’ death, Stern later compiled his image into the photobook Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting, first published in 1982.
Born on October 3, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY, Stern taught himself how to take photographs as a youth. Over the course of his career, Stern changed the landscape of fashion and advertising photography by creating dynamic, stand-alone images that no longer existed simply to serve the text.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vcex_divider][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vcex_post_type_grid tax_query=“true“ img_size=“full“ excerpt_length=“-1″ tax_query_taxonomy=“category“ tax_query_terms=“bert-stern“][vcex_spacing size=“10px“][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vcex_divider][/vc_column][/vc_row]