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George Barris grew up in New York City before the World War II. His interest in photography was life-long, and as a young man he worked for the U.S. Army's Office of Public Relations. Many of his photographs of General Eisenhower were published.
After the war, he became a freelance photographer and readily found work in Hollywood. He photographed many stars of the 1950s and 1960s, including Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Cleopatra.
He is perhaps best known for his work with Marilyn Monroe with whom he was collaborating on a book at the time of her death. As part of this project, he is believed to have taken the last photographs of Monroe while she was alive. He did not allow these to be published until many years after her death.
