90th years of Bert Stern

90th years of #BertStern, was an American #commercialphotographer. He was one of the last photographers to #shoot #MarilynMonroe, in June and July #1962 for #Voguemagazine.

His father worked as a children's #portraitphotographer. After dropping out of high school at the age of 16, he gained a job in the mail room at #Lookmagazine. He became #artdirector at #Flairmagazine, where Stern learned how to #developfilm and make #contactsheets, and started taking his own pictures. In 1951, Stern was drafted into the United States Army, sent to #Japan and assigned to the #photographicdepartment.   

(3 October 1929 – 26 June 2013)