Sam Shaw

BIOGRAPHY OF SAM SHAW

Sam Shaw (1912 - 1999) became famous in the Forties for his documentary studies across the pond in the United States. He signed prestigious covers for Life and Look in the Fifties.

He entered the cinema with his extraordinary portrait of Marlon Brando in “a Streetcar Named Desire”.
In 1951 a newcomer caught his attention, Marilyn Monroe, he followed her career, fascinated by this extraordinary woman, he did not cease modulating and modeling this dream creature revealing her beauty.

As an adviser to Billy Wilder in the film “The Seven Year Itch” he suggested the famous sequence of the skirt raised by the hot air at the Subway in Lexington Avenue.

The portraits of Marilyn follow one another beside the images of Paul Newman, Ingrid Bergman,
Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor and so many others.

All these mainly unknown images are revealed to us today in the exhibit of “Marilyn & Friends”.

Sam Shaw worked closely with his son Larry Shaw (1937-2008), and from 1958 it became a joint activity with a very similar style. Moreover some of the images can no longer be attributed to one or the other.

The Shaw Family Archive is an outstanding collection that bears witness to the spirit of an epoch;
it is also a testimony to cinematographic and photographic culture.

PRICES

Small Size: Black & White, Silver Gelatin Prints,
Size 16x20 inches (40x50cm),
Edition 21/30, Signed and Numbered.
Price: 1700 € (Taxes Incl.)
 
Large Size: Colour and Black & White, Ciba Chrome Prints, Size 20x31 inches (50x80cm),
and 31 x 31 inches (80x80cm), edition 21/30, Signed and Numbered.
Price: 2700 € (Taxes Incl.)