article_snippet: : This appears to be the final picture taken by a professional photographer of Monroe, shot by close friend George Barris on a beach in Santa Monica on July 13, 1962 .
article_snippet: George Barris revealed to the Los Angeles Daily News  that the final shot George Barris ever took of Monroe was on the beach, wrapped in a blanket. '
article_snippet: That's the last picture I took of Marilyn,' George Barris said.
article_snippet: fellow photographer Bert Stern's images would become known as 'The Last Sitting' - despite George Barris's pictures being taken later on.
article_snippet: fellow photographer Bert Stern's pictures became known as The Last Sitting, despite Monroe posing for Barris later .
article_snippet: Rachel Peart, director of photographs at Heritage New York, said: 'fellow photographer Bert Stern did a shoot with Monroe for Vogue magazine in June 1962 which everyone refers to as 'The Last Sitting' - her last ever studio photos. '
article_snippet: What is less well known is that another photographer, Barris, took a series of intimate pictures of Monroe a few weeks after fellow photographer Bert Stern shoot - so those are technically the last ever studio shots of Monroe.'