It was still early on that evening of the 17th of November, 1961, as my watch ticked off the seconds and I waited for her to arrive. My nerves were on a razor's edge. Imagine me waiting for... Marilyn Monroe.

I was within a breath's distance of the GODDESS

I stole little glances of her backside and breasts as she moved. She may have intended for me to catch those little glimpses. This was of course, very exciting for me in my young man way.

I mean, here I was with Marilyn Monroe in front of me. She was within arm's reach, twisting and turning under that sheet, which was semi-transparent

Then, to my great surprise, she suddenly sat up in bed, covered her breasts and announced to all:

"I think I should be ALONE with this boy. I find it usually works better that way!"

Now it was just the two of us. Me with Marilyn Monroe, lying there ready to respond to my requests wearing nothing more than a silk sheet! I wasn't sure exactly what was expected of me. What was I supposed to do? I retreated behind my camera and started shooting again.

When I looked down on her from the high position over the bed, I felt like I couldn't put the film through the camera fast enough. I had no assistant there.

It was just myself, the camera and Marilyn



I was becoming very stimulated and I made no secret of it. Marilyn showed me how she felt, slithering erotically between the sheets. I kept shooting.

Then at a certain point she stopped and looked up and pleaded,

"Why don't you come down here with me?"

I was being invited to get into the bed with her. What Happened?



We were both on such a fine, teetering edge! Ultimately all of that fused energy was channeled directly into the lens. That's what I see and remember when I look at these pictures

They'd say, "You were there with Marilyn Monroe and she asked you to get into bed with her and you didn't. What was wrong with you?"

Then of course, there was the "true" Marilyn Monroe, from the night of our shoot, the girl that I predictably fell in love with during that evening.

It was then that she said, "I like this girl because she's the kind of woman that every man would like to be in there with. The kind of girl a truck driver would like to be in that bed with".