Sad news today from the Wall Street Journal. Shaw was a true friend to Marilyn, and one of her finest photographers. I hope his surviving family are able to resolve this soon.
‘A treasure trove of photographs taken by the late Sam Shaw, whose most iconic frozen moment captures Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate with her white dress billowing up around her, is now under Chapter 11 protection.
The bankruptcy filing by Shaw Family Archives Ltd. Wednesday is just another chapter in the Shaw family’s history, a plot filled with equal parts glamour and contention. Edith Marcus, the organization’s president and Sam Shaw’s daughter, blamed the filing on “a series of lawsuits involving the photographs and other issues.” She wasn’t available to comment on the restructuring Wednesday…’
