More informationabout the photographer :
In summer of 1954, the privilege for a photographic session with Marilyn in a non-studio setting was granted to the British photographer Baron.
Baron Sterling Henry Nahum (1906-1956)
Nahum Baron was born in England, he was the twin son of an Italian Jew. A strong individualist, he became the friend of everyone, from chorus girls to
the British Royal Family (prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh was a close personal friend). Through the mid-1930’s into the 1950’s Baron was a noted
photographer of the ballet, royalty, stage and screes stars (Vivien Leigh, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West) and famous personalities (Winston Churchill,
General Franco, Sir Edmund Hillary, Bernard Shaw).