{"product_id":"andre-de-dienes-by-steve-crist-9783754407097","title":"André de Dienes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne day in 1945, fashion photographer \u003cstrong\u003eAndré de Dienes\u003c\/strong\u003e met an aspiring model named \u003cstrong\u003eNorma Jeane Dougherty\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was a momentous moment, both for his personal life and his photographic portfolio. Over the next few years, he would be briefly engaged to Norma Jeane, take a number of adventurous road trips with her, and build up a stunning series of portraits which would help launch her modelling, and later movie, career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of de Dienes's \u003cstrong\u003ephotographs and private memoirs\u003c\/strong\u003e offers an intimate picture of Norma Jeane the woman, before she was Marilyn the icon. From their trip to see Norma Jeane's mother in a mental hospital to Marilyn's visit a few days before her death, de Dienes's emotion-laden archive, often annotated with handwritten notes, offers a deeply personal account of Monroe's transformation from a sensitive, ambitious girl into a deeply troubled global star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240634593516,"sku":"9783754407097","price":79.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783754407097-andr-de-dienes-1.jpg?v=1787922145","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/andre-de-dienes-by-steve-crist-9783754407097","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}