Location: The Milwaukee Journal’s Photo Studios
Address: 333 W State St, Milwaukee, WI 53203 (Now an apartment building called Journal Commons)
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“‘I don\’t remember any conversation. But, boy, any time I was ready to shoot, she was ready to be shot,’ recalled Ahlhauser of the day he met Marilyn Monroe.”
[Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 3/31/16]
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Sources
NPFF | John Ahlhauser Pictures
There’s a video of him talking about photographing Marilyn at the bottom of this page [00:22:30], along with some great photos he took throughout his career.
Obituary: John Ahlhauser remembered as photography innovator
Article by Meg Jones for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 3/31/16