Marilyn Monroe: Photographs 1945-1962 - Truman Capote

Marilyn Monroe Photographs 1945-1962 by Truman Capote is a small format book, which I bought cheaply from Amazon a couple of years ago for my daughter. It is 120 pages with 48 pages of photographs. The book is plain white and quite basic looking, but is brightened up by a lovely shot of Marilyn jumping in a hot pink floaty dress, one of the sessions taken by Philippe Halsman. The first sixteen pages of the book are given over to an essay by Truman Capote called A Beautiful Child. He describes his memories of the times he met Marilyn, including one encounter at the funeral of veteran actress Constance Collier. Some of the essay is written in almost ...  Read the complete review