Key West Art - Marilyn On The Street
by Hany J
Title
Key West Art - Marilyn On The Street
Artist
Hany J
Medium
Photograph - Original Photo
Description
The famous picture of Marilyn Monroe laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent was shot on September 15th, 1954 filming "The Seven Year Itch". The scene infuriated her husband, Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio, who felt it was exhibitionist and divorced her shortly after.
She was born Norma Jean Mortensen (Baker), she had a tragic childhood with her mother institutionalized at age 5 sending her to a series of foster homes where she was neglected and abused. She quit school at 16 and got married as Norma Jean Dougherty.
In 1944 she worked as a paint sprayer in a defense plant where she was spotted by a photographer becoming a popular pin-up girl. Newly divorced and working as a model she signed with 20th Century Fox in 1945 but dropped her after one film. Columbia signed her also dropping her after one film. Unemployed, she posed nude for a calendar for $50 that cemented her rise to fame. Fox re-signed her again in 1950 giving her feature roles like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Bus Stop", "Some Like It Hot", and "The Misfits". She attempted one more film, "Somethings Got to Give", but was fired for frequent absences from the set which many believed to be related to drug addiction.
On August 5th 1962, at the young age of 36 she died from an overdose of sleeping pills ruled a possible suicide. Her ex-husband Joe DiMaggio continued to send flowers to her grave every day for the rest of his life. Since her death, her popularity and mystique have endured spawning movies & songs paying homage to this blonde sexy bombshell including a 2011 film "My Week With Marilyn" and Elton Johns 1973 "Candle In The Wind".
This Marilyn Monroe life-like statue is situated in front of the Tropic Cinema in the heart of Key West, Florida.
All images are taken with a Canon 5D III (full frame) and a Canon 7D II (crop frame) using a variety of Canon L-Series lenses, and Tamron and Sigma pro-line lenses; processed in RAW with ACR, PSC, Photomatix, and a variety of other imaging software.
All images are Copyright 2016 Hany G. Jadaa; C.Chem. M.Sc. Eng.; and Copyright 2016 Prince John Photography (the Artist). The material contained herein may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or downloaded in any way, shape or form. All rights are reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the Artist is strictly prohibited and will be prosecuted under US, Canadian, European, and Australian Copyright laws.
Image is available for purchase at higher resolution and no copyright stamps upon request. Please contact the artist directly at pjphotography@uniserve.com
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March 27th, 2017
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