#jreyerman

A young Marilyn Monroe taking voice lessons with Phil Moore at the Mocambo in Hollywood California. This photo is from a 1949 series of Monroe taking dance, acting and singing lessons. (J.R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegends #JREyerman #MarilynMonroe https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp16R3ZAdfM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18vcf7fi9ivl5

LIFE photographer J.R. Eyerman was born 111 years ago today on Oct. 9, 1906 in Butte Montana. In the 1957 book, LIFE Photographers: Their Careers and Favorite Pictures, author Stanley Rayfield notes that "Eyerman's technical innovations have helped push back the frontiers of photography. He perfected an electric eye mechanism to trip the shutters of nine cameras to make pictures of an atomic blast; devised a special camera for taking pictures 3600 feet beneath the surface of the ocean; successfully 'speeded up' color film to make previously impossible color pictures of the shimmering, changing forms and patterns of the aurora borealis." See some of his most well known images in today's Instagram story. (J.R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #JREyerman #LIFElegends

Captive Audience 

Beyond the dotted line Over the border Out of control Behind the dotted line South of the border Beyond the pale Going too far. #vandalusia #robertwyatt #1957 Photo by #jreyerman (à California)

J. R. Eyerman, November 1952