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Douglas Kirkland

Douglas Kirkland’s most famous image, a sultry shot of Marilyn Monroe, naked save for a loosely draped silk sheet and tightly clutching a pillow the way she might hold a lover, is a perfect metaphor for the way one might view the photographer’s own life–a far-fetched fantasy.
It’s hard not to envy Douglas Kirkland. For almost [...]