Marilyn Monroe photographed in Malibu on July 14, 1962, three weeks before her death at age 36.

Looking with trust and ease into the lens of a camera owned by her dear friend & photographer George Burris.

Marilyn Monroe often distracted her audience with her undeniable charisma and beauty in the performances exhibited in her career. She was under-appreciated for her uncanny talent and phenomenal intelligence. She was burdened with woes of being the most desirable and visually imitated woman of the 1950s & 1960s.

During a complex civil time for female empowerment she remained fearless of being misunderstood for her appearance. She had an unparalleled ability to craft a one dimensional character written without depth into a fully fleshed female role with empowerment. She haunted you with an emotionally connected and powerful screen presence with ease of her craft.

She make it look easy to deliver a complex role with societal expectations for her to always remain her famously typecast demeanor. She could fool the world with deception into thinking she was the fool. Her troubled life sheltered us away from her phenomenal intelligence.

Often her talent overshadowed by her unparalleled beauty and demeanor that continues to captivate generations of audiences. Her greatest passion for academia was a painfully protected treasure yet to be discovered fully within her lifetime. Her personal writings and detailed journals have surfaced in recent years. They highlight a conflicted relationship with her physical self and her intellectual acceptance.

Her courage to pioneer unapologetic beauty helped her to be trailblazer for the 1950s and 1960s standard of female. Unafraid to be hauntingly beautiful and exude complete control as her own driver behind her wheel.

Tragically misunderstood in her time. She was posthumously recognized as a feminist for her control and power during a time of civil unrest for women.