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The New York photographer Sam Shaw called "the photo that went around the world." One of the most famous images of the twentieth century, showing Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway vent, in a white dress lifted by a gust of wind. An image taken during the filming of The Seven Year Itch, which had come at the invitation of Billy Wilder Shaw. Shaw, a friend of Monroe from filming Viva Zapata, photographed until his death in 1951.

During the 1950s and 1960s, all of Hollywood stars - including Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, John Cassavetes, Anthony Quinn or Woody Allen-passed through the camera lens of New York photographer. Shaw preferred impromptu snapshots, without makeup or perched, and offered the public an unknown picture of what was happening behind the scenes of Hollywood. ä

His heirs have given generously 100 of his best photographs for the collection of Reporters Without Borders, "100 photos for press freedom", which now offers a career retrospective of the photographer who helped make legends to the biggest stars in Hollywood .

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