25 Wonderfully Intimate and Candid Photos of Marilyn Monroe Taken by Eve Arnold

More than any other pinup girl or star of the silver screen, Marilyn Monroe has captivated the minds of an entire generation. With her come-hither stare and womanly figure, she continues to be one of Hollywood's sexiest women. While many photographers captured Monroe's obvious sexuality, Eve Arnold, the only woman to have photographed her extensively, captured some of the most tender images ever seen of the Hollywood starlet.

Following a 1952 photo shoot for Esquire magazine, Monroe and Arnold forged a wonderful friendship. Marilyn Monroe chronicles the six photography sessions that took place over the course of their 10-year bond, including a two-month-long session while Monroe was shooting The Misfits. Here, below is a Eve Arnold's wonderfully intimate and candid collection of images of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.

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40 Amazing and Creative Self-Portraits by Vivian Maier

Today, the name Vivian Maier is synonymous with American street photography. But her work didn't become famous until 2009, two years after someone bid $400 on a box of negatives in Chicago.

Maier, with her twin-lens Rolleiflex camera held cautiously to her body, took more than 150,000 photos from the 1940s through the 1970s. They show street life in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and many cities around the world. But Maier also turned the lens toward herself, as seen in these interesting photographs below.

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Brutus Fashion Photoshoots in the 1960s and 1970s

Brutus Jeans is a British clothing company founded in 1966 by brothers Keith and Alan Freedman, who were 18 and 17 years old at the time, respectively.

The company started with one style of sweater and kept adding to the range, which eventually included shirts and jeans (for both men and women). The brand was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s with skinheads, Mods and the football crowds.

They won awards for their TV advertising, and one of their TV jingles, with minor changes, became the hit record "Jeans On" (performed in both cases by David Dundas). Adrian Lyne, who lator achieved major success in films, made television commercials for the company in the 1970s.

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47 Fascinating Color Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of the USSR From the 1960s and 1970s

Life in the USSR at this time was not that much different from life in any other developed country in the world. The difference was in how people went about their daily activities and in what conditions they lived.

Communal apartments with shared kitchen and toilet were not conducive to a comfortable standard of living. Crowded public transportation (private cars were very rare) did not help either. Work depended whether you worked in a factory or in an office, but people did not seem to work too hard or cared too much about the outcome, a saying in the Soviet Union was: “They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work.” Dinner was as good as one could cook in a crowded communal kitchen and TV, when it was available, was mostly concerts and comedies in black and white.

These fascinating vintage color photographs below capture street scenes of the USSR from between the 1960s and '70s:

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Photomicrograph of Snowflakes by Wilson Bentley, 1885

In 1885, nineteen-year-old Wilson A. Bentley took his first successful photomicrograph of a snow crystal. He went on to capture over 5000 such images before he died on Dec. 23, 1931, after walking six miles in a blizzard in order to photograph more snowflakes.

15 Stunning Black and White Portraits of Celebrities Taken by Norman Seeff in the 1970s and 1980s

The legendary Los Angeles-based photographer Norman Seeff has shot candid portraits of everyone from Steve Jobs to Patti Smith, but is perhaps best known for his images of musicians—The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, and Carly Simon, to name a few.

In the years 1970-1980, Seeff inaugurated his creative sessions with artists and celebrities. His photographs of musicians and actors were often regarded as the defining images of artists at the height of their career. Here's a selection of 15 amazing black and white photographs taken by Norman Seeff from between the 1970s and 1980s.

Mick Jagger

Patti Smith

John Travolta

Steve Jobs

John Belushi

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Rare Photographs of a Young Marilyn Monroe Goes Hiking in the Woods, August 1950

In 1950, LIFE photographer Ed Clark got a call from a friend at 20th Century Fox about a “hot tomato” the studio had just signed: Marilyn Monroe. The young actress had previously signed with Fox in August 1946, but was dropped after the end of her second six-month contract.

Monroe spent the following years honing her craft, taking acting classes, modeling, and befriending executives.

In 1950, she appeared in six films, including small parts in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve.
She was still mostly unknown when she joined Clark for a rustic photoshoot in the woods of Griffith Park in Los Angeles.

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