George Barris was an American photographer best known for his portraits of Marilyn Monroe. Born on June 14, 1922 in New York, NY, he discovered a passion for photography at the age of six, when his brother gave him a box camera for his birthday. Barris went on to work as a photographer in the United States Army’s Office of Public Relations during the early years of World War II, where he covered General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s victory homecoming celebration. At the end of his service, he freelanced in Hollywood, photographing celebrities during the 1950s and 1960s, including the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, where he and Marilyn Monroe became close friends. more