June 30, 2008
Natural beauty
An early photo of Marilyn Monroe. There's something about this one I really like. The light, the messiness of her hair.
I just want to grab her, and give her tummy zerbits! It looks like she'd laugh herself silly.
I didn't mean that in a perverse way.
Posted by: wutzizname at June 30, 2008 4:55 PMhahahaha Of course not!! Good clean fun!
Yes - the bared tummy is adorable, I think. Amazing to think of her later image, with her smouldering half-lidded eyes ... such a transformation!
Posted by: red at June 30, 2008 5:24 PMThere's an unsophistication here that is appealing.
Posted by: melissa at June 30, 2008 5:57 PMYou know, she had a very innocent and vulnerable look in some of her last photos too. She really was a beautiful woman, and all the more so in my estimation when she wasn't all prettied up.
Posted by: Bernard at June 30, 2008 8:43 PMI know! I love this photo because it almost could be a Polaroid snapshot taken by a boyfriend of his sweetheart on a beach picnic or something ... she doesn't look untouchably glamorous - just a pretty girl, enjoying herself.