Studies of the Female Nude

Studies of the Female NudeDuring 1945 Andre de Dienes (19131985) photographed a young model named Norma Jean. His subsequent five year working relationship with the woman who became Marilyn Monroe is the beginning of de Dieness career in Hollywood. He photographed celebrities, and his documentary work took him from Muscle Beach in Venice to sharecroppers working the cotton fields of the deep South. But his first love in photography was the female nude, and in his lifetime he

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It is comprised of ninety-five exceptional color photographs made by over ninety unknown American photographers

combed various public and private collections of motion picture stills and selected the most stunning examples of the genre from 1916 to 1932

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During 1945 Andre de Dienes (1913–1985) photographed a young model named Norma Jean

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Greta Garbo

in part through the inspiration derived from classical and contemporary Indian culture