Biography Sam Shaw was born 1912 in New York. He started working as a photographer in the 40s for Collier’s Magazine. Later on he shot a series of New Orleans Jazz musicians and documented the documentation of daily life in the South.Exhibitions – a selection 1954 Viva Zapata (pictures of the movie), Biennale, Venice 1968 The Legendary Career of Anthony Quinn, Museum of Modern Art Photo Gallery, New York 1972 Marilyn Monroe – The Legend and the Truth, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles 1987 Photographic Exhibition of Celebrities, DeRempich Gallery, New York 1990 Sam Shaw Life Covers, Svak Gallery, Tokyo 1992 John Cassavetes, Courage ... Hope ... Love, San Sebastian Film Festival Pavillion, San Sebastian 1993 The Cassavetes by Sam Shaw, Parco Gallery, Tokyo 1995 100 Years of Cinema: Sam Shaw’s Hollywood, Martin Gropius Museum, Berlin 1999 Alfred Hitchcock 100 Years, MoMA, New York 2002 Marilyn Monroe: the Movies and New York, Academy of Art, Tribeca Hall, New York 2003 Marilyn Monroe: Life of a Legend, County Hall Gallery, London 2004 Sam Shaw: Marilyn, The New York Years, Galerie Café Einstein, Berlin |
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