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May 01, 2008
Fame and infamy
There is a difference, and it ain’t that subtle. Marilyn Monroe was famous, Lindsay Lohan is infamous.
What a ridiculous idea that Ms Lohan should try to recreate the iconic photoshoot between Bert Stern and Marilyn, even with Stern once more as the photographer. Marilyn had something - charisma, Lindsay is mainly known for not having something – knickers. I can’t believe how bad these new images are.
Bert Stern was the man behind the iconic image of Lolita
and has subsequently become known for taking the last photographs of Marilyn, in a three day shoot, only a few weeks before her death.
Some of these images quickly reached well deserved fame. Today, even the images he decided weren’t up to scratch have become famous, indeed the orange marker crossing out the print has become integral to the image.
Such is the nature of success that Mr Stern is now famous for images he initially rejected. What a wonderful and weird world we live in.
And I’m not posting images of La Lohan because they are really, really, ugly – but if you want to see for yourself click here.
Posted by john at May 1, 2008 12:21 PM