Marilyn Monroe Inspired

Marilyn Monroe was born June 1st 1926 in Los Angeles, California and died August 5th 1962. She was an American actress who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful films during the 1950s, and who is considered a pop culture icon. Monroe portrayed an early image as a “dumb and seductive blonde“, later implied that she was a sensitive and insecure woman unable to escape the pressures of the Hollywood society: a society where women were objectified and treated poorly compared to men. Her vulnerability combined with her needless death raised her to the status of being an American culture icon.

Monroe gained the most recognition from the movie “Gentlemen prefer blondes” in which she played a dumb blonde character that essentially men were attracted to, sadly she was never seen as anything more than a pretty woman.

Monroe was widely known throughout the 1940s and 1950s. She received several thousand fan letters a week, and was declared “Miss Cheesecake of 1951” by the army newspaper Stars and Stripes. She was mainly recognised for her blonde hair, wearing excessive amounts of pearls and red lipstick, and modelling.

My Plan:

My plan for my photoshoots is to produce a large selection of photos in the studio, enhancing Monroe’s iconic and eminent touches to her look. I plan to embody mine and the other model’s blonde hair in a variety of different ways, whilst also including pearls and making them the subject in some images. This way, we are able to tell a part of Monroe’s emotional story to people, signifying the importance of women’s rights and femininity.