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We are proud and excited to announce the release of Marilyn Monroe’s autobiography ‘My Story’ on Audible. Narrated by 2013 ‘Audiobook Narrator of the Year’ January LaVoy, an Atlanta-based actress who is best known for playing Noelle Ortiz-Stubbs on ‘One Life to Live.’ LaVoy also earned a Grammy Nomination in 2020 for her work as…

It was for a Look magazine story on Hollywood stars that Milton H. Greene photographed a galaxy of the eras brightest stars including this image of the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, at the Beverly Hills Hotel in December of 1954. “Not wanting to go to the studio, Frank preferred to be photographed at…

Milton H. Greene met Richard Burton during the Broadway run of the 1960 Lerner and Loewe production of Camelot. Marilyn Monroe’s publicist, Arthur Jacobs, had been brought on to do the PR and hired his old friend Greene to photograph rehearsals and performances for the album, playbill and a subsequent story in Life Magazine. Milton’s…

While under assignment for Life Magazine, Milton H. Greene was hired in 1951 to photograph the young star of the hot Broadway production of Gigi. A then 22-year-old Audrey Hepburn did a wonderful series with her wearing her Gigi, sailor-inspired costume. The pre-movie star Hepburn kicked and smiled, jumped and posed for Milton and he…

You know a lot of us are superstitious about the number 22. It means everything from love to good fortune or that you already have a large quantity of good luck following you through your life. Milton H. Greene was born in 1922 and today he would have been 100 years old. In honor of…

the archives helps shape marilyn monroe documentary A year and a half ago, the production crew that was hired by CNN to film a Marilyn Monroe documentary contacted us. After getting a detailed overview, we recommended various content providers, in addition to the Archives. They also expressed interest in interviewing my mother, Amy Greene, for…

Film and Digital Photography Each Have their Own Unique Properties Over the past decade or so, digital photography has replaced traditional film photography. The main difference between film vs. digital is how the photos are stored. While conventional photography uses positive and negative film as the medium for capturing pictures, digital photography uses a digital…

Photographing a subject on a shadowless, white background became a signature look for fashion and portraiture starting in the 1950s. Milton’s mantra was “if you can’t light it with one light, then you can’t light it.” This held true for the light hitting the subject. But it had nothing to do with lighting the white…

Milton H. Greene was passionate about five things: beautiful women, Paris, food, fishing, and his family. In 1951 while running down a staircase from one Paris collection to another, he passed one of the models, Nelly Nyad. They both stopped and eyed one another. Milton introduced himself as a photographer, she said she was a…

Get Started with Outdoor Portrait Photography Outdoor portrait photography can be rewarding yet challenging for many photographers. Throughout the mid-20th century, Milton Greene pioneered on-location photography, which meant that he had to master the art of outdoor portrait photography. With his trusted analog camera in hand, he captured some of the most intimate and never-before-seen…