“Her quality when photographed is almost of a supernatural beauty. She had a luminous quality. A combination of wistfulness, radiance, and yearning that set her apart and made everyone wish to be part of it - to share in the childish naivete which was at once so shy and yet so vibrant.” - Lee Strasberg

On the set of ‘Bus Stop’ released 1956

During her legendary final photo shoot with Bert Stern - The Last Sitting - Monroe crossed out the negatives that she didn’t want published with a marker.
Marilyn Monroe photographed by Andres de Dienes, 1949.