Marilyn Monroe subway grate photo on view in NYC
The supersized version of Sam Shaw's iconic picture is part of an exhibit.
NEW YORK: A famous image of Marilyn Monroe with her skirt billowing atop a New York City subway grate is on display in a picture-perfect spot: outside the Times Square subway station.
The supersized version of Sam Shaw s iconic picture is part of an exhibit. The exhibit also features eight of Shaw s other Monroe pictures, on view inside the 42nd Street-Bryant Park station on the B, D, F, M and 7 lines.
The show opened Thursday. It ll be up for a year.
Shaw shot the subway grate photo for the 1955 film "The Seven Year Itch." He took the other pictures in 1957.
The exhibit is part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority s Arts for Transit program.