1954 (magazine is from 1954, not the photo:-)
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“The Bowery isn’t as tough as it used to be…”
1954
“The Bowery [or Los Angeles] isn’t as tough as it used to be but it still has too many drunks like those pictured above.”
Miss May… Out-of-this-world…
Playboy, May 1954, Vol.1, No. 6, p. 15
“NUDES BY WEEGEE
The guy with three eyes is known as Weegee, and he has built a considerable reputation as a photographer of the streets of New York – capturing, on film, the humor, foibles, and tragedy of a big city’s people. The best of these pictures were collected a few years back in a remarkable volume titled Naked City.
Recently Weegee packed up his photographic paraphernalia and took himself a trip to Hollywood. What he brought back was a quite a shock to those familiar with his more realistic camera style. The best of these have been collected in a book titled Naked Hollywood, with captions by Mel Harris, published by Pellegrini and Cudahy. As the samples on this page illustrate, Weegee found Hollywood a very naked place indeed, and just as out-of-this-world as we’d always heard it was.”
(Not Weegee, but not bad…)
“I hope she has as much fun looking at them, as I did taking them…”
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I guess the most important question is: did Weegee photograph Marilyn Monroe at a pool sometime between 1949 and 1954? And if so, where? Was it in the Bronx or Jones Beach? Did he use color film? Did he use just kaleidoscope and distortion lenses?
This website (My Marilyn) says the color photos of Marilyn Monroe were made in 1949 at Jones Beach.
At this moment, the earliest publication that we have found is from 1954…
Having Fun With Marilyn Monroe, May 1955
Oh, Marilyn! What Long Legs You Have! January 1954
(To Be Continued…)
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