Forever Marilyn: The Enduring Legacy of Marilyn Monroe photographs 1992-2012 Mary Ann Lynch "This is a compelling meditation about the woman who was, and is, loved as no other woman in contemporary culture."
~ Gene Brown, author & film historian ~ ------------------------------------------
Mary Ann Lynch has shown her Marilyn work in solo and curated group shows in the United States, Czech Republic, and Japan. The 2006 Lucie/International Photography Awards (IPA) awarded her Honorable Mention for a series from "Forever Marilyn: The Enduring Legacy of Marilyn Monroe," her 2005 retrospective at John Stevenson Gallery in NYC.
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produced by TCC Photo Gallery in conjunction with the show of the same title, which ran at the gallery in Longview, Texas Fall 2008 through January 31, 2009
________________Statement about the Work________________
For fifteen years, beginning in 1990, I photographed Marilyn Monroe throughout the world, from Puerto Rico to Paris, and from Equador to the Mojave Desert and throughout the United States. I got used to seeing Marilyn's image wherever I traveled, and meeting fans, devotees, admirers, impersonators, and those fascinated with her -- everywhere. After working on the project for two years I realized that I could go anywhere in the world and hold up a photograph of Marilyn Monroe and get a smile. She's a global ambassador of Love.
Call her a screen goddess or an icon, a legend, a role model or a modern-day Aphrodite or Venus -- however we think of her, Marilyn lives on.
--Mary Ann Lynch, NYC, August 2005 ____________________________________
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