The exhibition features photographs taken in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The collection showcases one of the most beautiful portraits of Marilyn Monroe as well as photographs representing other Hollywood icons such as Anita Ekberg, Kim Novak, Sophia Loren (in a session promoting "Once Upon A Time" or "Cera Una Volta", Matera, Italy, 1967), Alberto Giacometti (in his studio), Andy Warhol (New York, 1974), Elisabeth Taylor (in a session taken in Saint Petersburg's Hermitage while shooting "The Blue Bird"), Joan Collins, Cary Grant, Jane Fonda, Melina Mercouri (posing against a backdrop of Roman ruins), Jacqueline Bisset, Ivy Nicholson (one of Andy Warhol's muses), Marlena Dietrich (Milton Greene's studio, Ney York, June 1952), Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli and Richard Burton.
The collection also features selected photographs devoted to the art of reportage, artistic photography, master sessions with models and photographs revealing social life in New York.
The exhibition is on display between 4 July and 15 August, and it opens daily except Mondays from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The exhibition is expected to be on display at the Wroclaw Congress Centre's Multifunctional Hall. The foyer leading to the hall in turn offers attractions such as photo booths and a stall with souvenirs.
This is the first in a series of exhibitions, and it additionally features a stage design that recreates the unique atmosphere of the 1960s. A specially designed dressing room, cinematic equipment from the period such as cameras, camera dollies, lights and a 1957 pink Cadillac will all serve as a backdrop to the photographs presented in the exhibition. The stage design is redolent of the heyday in Marilyn Monroe's career, the actress being main icon and the star of the exhibition. Access to the exhibition is free of charge.
