My journey ends here...
FEINGERSH Ed
Born Edward Feingersh.
Date of birth : April 21, 1925, Brooklyn.
Date of death : June 21, 1961, New York.
Profession photographer.
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His grand-father, Abraham (June 25, 1864, Russia-1929, New York). He emigrated to the USA in 1903
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His parents Harry (July 4, 1885 or July 17, 1888, Bessarabia, Russia-February 20, 1945)
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*Robert L. (October 24, 1919, Russia-May 1st, 2009, New York)
*Edward H
*Frederick A (born September 19, 1938).
Ed studied art at the Manhattan's Haaren High School de Manhattan and photography at the New School of Social Research with Alexey Brodovitch. He worked as a photoreporter for the Pix Publishing agency.
He covered the Korean war (1950-1953).
He suffered from depression and gave photography up after the end of his brief marriage with Miriam R. Sakol(born January 9, 1933) in 1957 (
).He died from the physical and psychological consequences of the alcoholism he suffered of.
Link with Marilyn
Designated for a report about Marilyn's daily routine for Redbook magazine in March 1955.
Grand Central Station
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Costello restaurant 
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At Brooks, for a fitting before the party at the Madison Square Garden
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March 24, 1955, Ambassador Hotel, before the premiere of "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" of Tennessee Williams
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March 30, 1955
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In the salon of her room at the Ambassador Hotel
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At Elizabeth Arden's
In July 1955 he made a reporting titled "A Day in Marilyn Monroe's Life" for Redbook magazine. The pictures of Marilyn waiting for the subway and others taken in New York can be seen inside.
Bibliography
"Marilyn"
1996. La Martinière.
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