One of Eve Arnold's celebrated filmset photos of Marilyn Monroe was a focal point of the National Museum Wales' show Women In Focus in 2018, and so it's little surprise to learn that several of them star in a new exhibition of her work entitled To Know About Women.
Guardian reviewer Claire Armitstead points out that while Arnold "became the photographer of choice for many stars, her portraiture was never just about celebrity. It was about image construction as a necessity of survival among her predominantly female subjects." This explains her enduring fascination with women backstage, off duty though obviously not quite off camera.
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