Views on Marilyn

In the series of twelve photographs presented and commented in this publication, Marilyn Monroe plays her role, reveals herself but is in control. Far from being limited to “jumping” situations, the art of Marilyn synchronizes with the art of Halsman, thereby nourishing the study of key domains in emotion research. This made it possible for eleven of our researchers at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (SCAS) at the University of Geneva to propose their perspectives on these photographs via topics such as imagination, self-control, attention, effort, authenticity, communication, empathy, expression functions, attractiveness, first impressions, or appearances. Keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of affective sciences, these are research- ers from various disciplines (psychology, philosophy, literature, and neurosciences) who commented on the Marilyn of Halsman. Source: www.elysee.ch