Bruno Bernard

Bruno Bernard Sommerfeld (February 2, 1912 – June 3, 1987), also known as Bernard of Hollywood, was an American photographer best known for pin-up and glamour photography of Marilyn Monroe and others.

Early life Bruno Bernard Sommerfeld when she was still Norma Jeane. She is said to have told Bernard, "Remember, Bernie, you started it all".

In the 1960s, he moved back to Berlin. He was a photojournalist for the German magazine Der Spiegel for the Eichmann Trial in Israel.

In 1984, Bernard became the first still photographer to be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a 50-year retrospective of his work. In 1999, his photo "Marilyn in White" of Monroe in her wind-blown dress from the movie The Seven Year Itch (1955) was selected as the "Symbol of the Century" by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The same photograph was also chosen by the International Center of Photography as one of the "20 Unforgettable Photographs".

In the 1980s Bernard was living in Palm Springs and writing his memoirs.