Alfred Wertheimer's world famous photographs of Elvis are now on exhibit in Dubai.
Gallery One is running a photo exhibition called 3 Icons at it's Souk Madinat Jumeirah shop in Dubai. This brings together limited edition prints of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and James Dean by Bertram Stern, Richard Miller, Douglas Kirkland and Alfred Wertheimer.
Alfred Wertheimer photographed a 21-year-old Elvis Presley in 1956, just before his fame skyrocketed. The resulting collection documents Elvis in raw, personal and unguarded moments at rehearsals, before his image came under the control of agents. The three images are gelatin silver prints and cost from Dh6,450.
Stern and Kirkland both photographed Monroe. Stern, most famously, shot a series of images for Vogue at the Hotel Bel Air which have become known as The Last Sitting, six weeks before her death in August 1962. Eleven of these images are on sale in the exhibition, priced at Dh24,950 each. Kirkland's images of Monroe were taken in 1961 for the 25th anniversary issue of Look magazine. Kirkland devised a simple set of a bed with white silk sheets, and later wrote a book called An Evening With Marilyn. Nine of Kirkland's images of Monroe in bed are available for Dh17,950, in limited editions of between 25 and 72 images.
Richard Miller was given privileged access to James Dean, shooting him in Texas in 1955 on the set of George Stevens' film Giant. Miller's unassuming and friendly nature put Dean at ease in front of the camera and captured him laughing, joking, sleeping, playing, reading, eating and thinking.
Rabih Beaini, director of operations for Gallery One, said this set of pictures "shows Dean really vulnerable, while he wasn't really paying attention to the camera." Shortly after Miller finished shooting, Dean was killed in a car accident. Ten limited edition prints are on sale, priced at Dh13,950.
Source Elvisunlimited