Lohan Recreates Photos
Lindsay Lohan is following in the footsteps of the most famous blonde bombshell of them all, Marilyn Monroe. In the latest issue of New York magazine, Lohan poses nude for photographer Bert Stern in a recreation of one of Monroe's most famous photo shoots, done shortly before she died. Stern photographed Monroe in 1962 at the Hotel Bel-Air in California, six weeks before she was found dead from an overdose of barbiturates. Those images for Vogue magazine feature Monroe in next to nothing, posing nude with some scarves and jewelry as her accessories and sipping champagne. Stern recreated those images with Lohan at the same hotel, with Lohan wearing a blond wig and not much else. In the essay accompanying the photos, Lohan, who admitted to a serious interest in Monroe, said deciding to do the photo shoot was easy."I didn't have to put much thought into it. I mean, Bert Stern? Doing a Marilyn shoot? When is that ever going to come up? It's really an honor," she said. Lohan described Monroes suicide as "tragic" and said it, along with the Jan. 22 death of actor Heath Ledger from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, are both prime examples of what this industry can do to someone. Stern said that he found women like Lohan and her tabloid companions Paris Hilton and Britney Spears interesting."They're girls that draw attention to their notoriety and their celebrity through their behavior," he said. He said he thought the photo shoot would be good for Lohan, giving her the chance to portray herself as a grown-up. He also lauded her for her willingness to do it in the nude."I thought she was a natural, not at all squeamish," he said.
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