He continued, “We were not interested in recreating the images exactly but more importantly, we wanted to explore the relationship between photographer and subject. Both the friendship and the artistic process, and how art can imitate life and vice versa.”
According to Steven, when he showed Madonna Bert’s photos, “She was really taken by the incandescent fragility of Marilyn at that moment in her life.”
“We decided to find a hotel suite and try to capture the liaison between a star and the camera, the mystery, and magic of this creative collaboration,” he added. “We hope we have done justice to the great work of Bert Stern and Marilyn Monroe.”
