Bert Stern

Bertram Stern(October 3, 1929 – June 26, 2013) was an American commercial photographer.

Bert Stern
Born	Bertram Stern (1929-10-03)October 3, 1929 New York City, U.S.
Died	June 26, 2013(2013-06-26)(aged 83) New York City, U.S.
Known for	Portrait photography Fashion photography
Notable work	The Last Sitting The Pill Book Jazz on a Summer's Day

Biography

Stern was the son of Jewish immigrants and grew up inBrooklyn.His father worked as a children's portrait photographer. After dropping out of high school at the age of 16, he gained a job in the mail room atLookmagazine. He became art director atFlairmagazine, where Stern learned how to develop film and make contact sheets, and started taking his own pictures. In 1951, Stern was drafted into theUnited States Army,sent to Japan and assigned to the photographic department.

In the 1960s, his heavy use ofamphetaminesled to the end of his marriage to ballerinaAllegra Kent.He was one of the last photographers to shootMarilyn Monroe,in June and July 1962 for Vogue magazine. Monroe died in August 1962. These sessions became known asThe Last Sitting;The 2571 photographs taken on these sessions were published after her death inThe Complete Last Sittingin 1992. In the 1970s, Stern moved to Spain to recover from his drug addiction. By the late 1970s, Stern returned to the U.S. to photograph portraits and fashion.In 1979, he publishedThe Pill Book,along with journalist Lawrence Chilnick. This A to Z guide of the most prescribed drugs in the US, which sold 18 million copies, included color photographs of the pills by Stern.

Filmography

• Jazz on a Summer's Day– a concert film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, directed by Bert Stern andAram Avakian

External links

• Bert SternatIMDb
• Bert SternatFMD