Joshua Greene, whose father shot about 3,900 pictures of the actress between 1953 and ’57, has turned restoring and preserving those images into a career, with a new book set to hit shelves Oct. 16 that he says will be the “last hurrah.”
Cataloging, restoring and preserving his father’s entire archive – and touting the photos in books and exhibitions – has been Joshua’s full-time job for more than two decades, though he admits his efforts haven’t always yielded the best results.
With ‘The Essential Marilyn Monroe’ by Milton H. Greene out Oct. 16, Joshua believes he has assembled a definitive collection that represents his father’s collaboration and friendship with the iconic star.
The Essential Marilyn Monroe features images, ranging from candids and studio sessions to on-set photography while Monroe was filming 1956’s Bus Stop and 1957’s The Prince and the Showgirl (both films were produced by MM Productions, a company Monroe and Milton Greene formed in 1955).
The print edition retails for $65, but 500 deluxe, signed editions also have been produced: Priced at $2,000, the deluxe version includes a numbered, estate-stamped print, with both book and print housed in a lipstick-red clamshell case.
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