#bill burnside

[eternalnormajeane]

MarilynMonroe photographed by Bill Burnside in 1947:

Bill Burnside photographed Marilyn Monroe between 1946 and 1948; but we know only the sitting at a beach in Malibu.  He is 43 years old when he meets the young Marilyn in 1946 while she is posing at the Bernard of Hollywood Studios. He would have photographed her for the first time in February 1946. They shared a certain interest in romantic poetry and the photographer claimed to have had an affair with her. He helped Marilyn to find work after the Fox did not renew his contract in 1947. They never saw each other after that.

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bill Burnside, 1948.

[normajeaneblog]

[bewlayballad]

vintage "Marilyn Monroe at Malibu, 1948" postcard, photo by Bill Burnside

[themarilynmonroevisualvault]

[theangelmarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe/Norma Jeane photographed by Scottish photographer Bill Burnside, 1948. This shoot was taken at Santa Monica Beach. Bill worked with Marilyn on several photo sessions between the years 1946-1948.

“When Marilyn first met Bill, back in 1946, he asked her if she would be interested in modeling for a friend of his. When she agreed and went out to Malibu, she was greeted by the man Paul Hesse, who told her she was “too fat.” This made her very upset, and to cheer her up, Burnside snapped some photos of her on the beach. “She loved the camera. It soothed her,” Burnside later said”- taken from Before Marilyn: The Blue Book Modeling Years

[perfectlymarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bill Burnside, 1948.

[weirdlandtv]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bill Burnside at Malibu Beach in 1948.