Of all the accolades bestowed on my Dad, the phrase that gave him the most joy was "This is the discoverer of Marilyn Monroe." He took great pride in his ability to uncover the mysterious photographic qualities in Norma Jean that transformed a nice-looking girl into a larger-than-life illusionary beauty. Glamour photography has been defined as "making a silk purse out of a sow's ear." However, if had not been for her almost pathological obsession with becoming a star coupled with her uncanny ability to transform herself before the camera, she would not have become Marilyn and stepped onto the illustrious stage of the beloved goddess's pantheon.

Text from Bernard of Hollywood's MARILYN Images by Hollywood's Great Glamour Photographer
by Susan Bernard