Anita Ekberg for Esquire 1955 by Andre de Dienes 1913-1985

Description: Anita Ekberg for Esquire 1955 by Andre de Dienes 1913-1985 Lovely quality. From a vintage copy of Photography Year Book 1958. Andor György Ikafalvi-Dienes, known as André de Dienes, was a Hungarian photographer, noted for his work with Marilyn Monroe and his nude photography. At age of 20, he moved to Paris and lived there for the following five years, becoming a fashion photographer in the fashion capital of the world. Women were easily drawn to the good-looking Dienes, who was working for outlets such as l’Humanité and Associated Press. It was in Paris that he also bought his Rolleiflex camera – which then accompanied him everywhere for the rest of his life.He then moved to New York in 1938 after accepting a job offer. He worked for Esquire and Vogue magazines but also traveled around the States a lot in his free time, photographing the Hopi, Navaho, and Apache Indians. Dienes moved to Hollywood in 1944, where he could work under new conditions in an entirely new environment. Instead of working in studios, he started to take nude and fashion photos outdoors so that the beauty of nature and the models could complement each other. He photographed the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1940s and 1950s, for example: Ingrid Bergmann, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, Ronald Reagan, Anita Ekberg, and, of course, Marilyn Monroe.While Europe was in ruins after WWII, on the other side of the world in sunny California, Dienes was looking for a model for his new project of artistic nude photos. This is when the Blue Book modeling agency sent him an unknown, 19-year-old redhead named Norma Jeane Dougherty. Norma Jeane had never participated at a serious photo shoot before. This was going to be her first job.They not only discovered California while taking fantastic pictures, but also fell in love with each other, so much so that they were already planning their wedding, which then never happened. After the five-week-long trip, Norma returned to Hollywood, where she later dyed her hair blonde, changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, and started her acting carrier. But she never lost touch with Dienes, and the two stayed good friends for the rest of their life. Dienes shot photos of her until 1953, but he never publicized most of them. Only after he died of cancer in 1985 were these pictures found in his archives (2,000 photographs) and published one year late in a successful album entitled: “Marilyn Mon Amour: The private album of André de Dienes.” Happy to combine postage on multiple items. Dispatched in a protective sleeve and reinforced hard backed envelope.

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Location: london, London

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