The most lavish and comprehensive collection of Marilyn Monroe photographs ever assembledmore thanhalf of them previously unseen.There have been many Marilyn photo booksĹĽbut nothing like this.Australianborn curator and preservationist David Wills has accrued one of the world's largest independentarchives of original Marilyn Monroe photographs. Now, in Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis, he has gatheredspectacular work of the key Marilyn photographersĹĽand dozens of unknownsĹĽto create the mostdazzling portfolio of images from every period in Marilyn Monroe's life, from her earliest sittings in 1942 tilljust weeks before her death two decades later. With more than two hundred firstgeneration photosĹĽincludingcountless luminous, unseen color photos from the verystart of her careerĹĽMarilyn Monroe: Metamorphosischronicles her meteoric rise from ahumble catalog model to one of the most recognized facesin history. No other book even comes close.