The National Portrait Gallery is holding an exhibition of photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Photographs and magazine covers from 1947 to 1962 celebrate the transformation of the world’s most popular pin-up to acclaimed actress, highlighting the British photographers and personalities who admired her and worked with her.
National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE
29 September 2012 – 24 March 2013 The exhibition is free and in room 33
© Ed Pfizenmaier
Edith Sitwell and Marilyn Monroe, 1953 Photograph by George Silk/LIFE – © Time Inc
© Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London
© Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby’s London
