2008 Woodie Awards
Lindsey Lohan bares all
Lohan recreates Marilyn Monroe's final photo shoot
by Tim Suda
Issue date: 2/25/08 Section: A&E
Lindsey Lohan's publicist is at it again. Only this publicity stunt has nothing to do with rehab. Lohan decided to go Marilyn Monroe style; she shredded her clothes for the camera. The pop star recreated Monroe's legendary final photo shoot for New York magazine.
The photographer who snapped the photos of Lohan was Bert Stern, the same photographer who was behind the camera for Monroe's famed shoot.
Such a risqué shoot would normally be met with a large bill. Interestingly, New York magazine paid Stern its standard fee for such assignments and paid Lohan nothing for her participation, according to magazine spokeswoman Lauren Starke. This is no real suprise, Lohan gets free publicity, everywhere.
The weekly magazine, with Lohan on the front cover, hit newsstands last week. The same day, the magazine posted the complete photo portfolio on its Web site.
The photo portfolio also boosted sales of the print edition of New York. The magazine didn't increase its print run for the Lohan issue, but did set aside an additional 5,000 copies for single-issue back orders from its Web site.
As of last Wednesday afternoon, the magazine had sold more than a thousand copies of the Lohan issue in this fashion, Starke said.
Lohan's pictures aren't going to disappear anytime soon. In fact, the magazine recently posted outtakes from the photoshoot on their Web site.
The photographer who snapped the photos of Lohan was Bert Stern, the same photographer who was behind the camera for Monroe's famed shoot.
Such a risqué shoot would normally be met with a large bill. Interestingly, New York magazine paid Stern its standard fee for such assignments and paid Lohan nothing for her participation, according to magazine spokeswoman Lauren Starke. This is no real suprise, Lohan gets free publicity, everywhere.
The weekly magazine, with Lohan on the front cover, hit newsstands last week. The same day, the magazine posted the complete photo portfolio on its Web site.
The photo portfolio also boosted sales of the print edition of New York. The magazine didn't increase its print run for the Lohan issue, but did set aside an additional 5,000 copies for single-issue back orders from its Web site.
As of last Wednesday afternoon, the magazine had sold more than a thousand copies of the Lohan issue in this fashion, Starke said.
Lohan's pictures aren't going to disappear anytime soon. In fact, the magazine recently posted outtakes from the photoshoot on their Web site.
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