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Arthur Fellig (born Usher Fellig).
Date of birth: June 12, 1899, Lemberg, Ukraine.
Date of death : December 26, 1968, New York City.
Practise: photographer.
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He learned self-teaching photography, and became famous with his pictures of New York City, violent and colorful.
In 1949, he took pictures of Marilyn during the roadshow "Love Happy", in Jones Beach Pool, Long Island :
He took her in pictures when she arrived at Idlewild Airport in 1954, for the shooting o f "The Seven Year Itch" :
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Wikipedia
International Center of Photography
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