Marilyn Monroe: More Than You Know photographs by Mary Ann Lynch

TCC PHOTO | GALLERY Announces
Marilyn Monroe Multimedia Piece Debuts on YouTube !

MARILYN MONROE: MORE THAN YOU KNOW
Behind the scenes with
Mary Ann Lynch, photographer
Gene Brown, author and film historian
produced by Tammy Cromer-Campbell

A multimedia look at the Marilyn Monroe global culture, based on
Mary Ann Lynch's original photographs
throughout the world,
1990 to 2005
(and continuing. . .)

Longview, TX, December 19, 2008 -
Right in time for the holidays, we at TCC PHOTO | GALLERY are pleased to announce the YouTube debut of our just completed, ten-minute multimedia look at Marilyn Monroe. It is based on the photography of Mary Ann Lynch, New York-based photographer, writer, and filmmaker, whose "Marilyn Monroe: More Than You Know" photography exhibit of more than three dozen images is on exhibit at TCC PHOTO | GALLERY through January 2009 and after than, available for viewing at the gallery website:
http://www.tccphotogallery.com

Here is the direct link to the youtube piece:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4rQL4...

The exhibit release is available at:
http://tccphoto.com/gallery/newsroom....

Purchase safely and securely online 24/7, we take most major credit cards. Go to http://www.tccphotogallery.com

Lynch along with film historian and author Gene Brown provide commentary and anecdotes in voiceover as we move from one stunning photograph to another, from a street mural in Hollywood, to the California desert where Dixie Evans, "the Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque" (and now 82, the same age Marilyn would have been) runs The Museum of Burlesque. Lynch finds compelling Marilyn "sightings" everywhere: Munich, Paris, Barcelona, Equador, Mexico, Wales and other places. . .as well as throughout the United States.

By the way: Elvis Presley, and even his Mom Gladys have cameos.

Lynch's photographs, and the commentary in the multimedia piece raise the question of the reasons for Marilyn's continuing influence today, forty-six years after her death in 1962. Gene Brown notes: "What Mary Ann's photographs are really about is us, they're about the audience, and the way we perceive Marilyn and her place in our lives." They also point to Marilyn's positive influence on our culture today, (in as many ways as there are people who love, honor, revere, imitate, and display her image.

"There's every reason to believe Marilyn will make it into the next millennium with us," says Lynch. "I realized after I had been photographing (Marilyn) in several different countries that I could go anywhere and hold up a Marilyn Monroe photograph and get a smile. She's a global ambassador of love."

Lynch views the omnipresent legend and female icon as offering our jaded society a bit of the ancient goddesses, whose sexuality was viewed as powerful, yes, but also as sacred -- not profane. "Marilyn is a modern-day Aphrodite or Venus. Our one and only. Those who try to measure up to her are poor imitations of the real thing."

Lynch's aim with her ever-expanding Marilyn work is to offer a provocative new perspective on the world's most popular female Hollywood icon.

Gallery owner Cromer-Campbell (a photographer herself), who has spent time with both Lynch's photographs and gallery visitors, says of the exhibit: "Mary Ann's photographs show us how much Marilyn herself gave to the camera, and her dramatic range: She worked every inch of herself: from the tilt of her head, to the expression on her face, the placement of her hands and even the angle of her toes. Marilyn gave herself totally. What else I found fascinating is that those who come to look, and to sometimes purchase a photograph they fall in love with in, include fans of all ages. The other day, a mother and daughter came in and it was the daughter in her twenties that was the adoring fan."

The gallery is open Monday - Friday, 11am - 6pm and by appointment. TCC PHOTO | GALLERY is located at 207 N. Center St. and visit the online gallery at http://www.tccphotogallery.com.

HOLIDAY SPECIAL OFFER !
Through the end of the year we are giving a 15% holiday special off of these fine photographs. Purchase safely and securely online 24/7, we take most major credit cards. Go to
http://www.tccphotogallery.com

About Tammy Cromer-Campbell PHOTO | GALLERY
TCC PHOTO | GALLERY is a high-end digital photography studio and fine art gallery, now offering multimedia productions including hd video, commercials for broadcast, video podcasts and more!