
He is well known for taking the last photo of Monroe on July 13, 1962. He photographed many stars of the 1950s and 1960s, including Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Cleopatra, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Steve McQueen.īarris is perhaps best known for his work with Marilyn Monroe, whom he photographed in 1954 on the set of The Seven Year Itch, and in 1962 at Santa Monica beach, and in the Hollywood Hills in a series that became known as “The Last Photos.”īarris was collaborating on a book titled Marilyn: Her Life In Her Own Words at the time of her death.


Eisenhower were published.Īfter the war, he became a freelance photographer and found work in Hollywood. Many of his photographs of General Dwight D.

Born 1922 in New York City, American photographer and photojournalist George Barris had a lifelong interest in photography.
