As Magnum's first female photographer, she used her Leica twin-lens reflex camera to pierce through the male-dominated lens and shed light on a female perspective, making Marilyn Monroe's tear stains and the fingertips of a sari vendor equally real and unyielding to definition — Eve Arnold, the woman who gave voice to women. Through her lens, Marilyn Monroe is no longer the sensual icon standing by an air vent with her skirt blown up by the wind. Arnold eschews the spotlight, letting natural light creep over the tear stains: “She is not a symbol; she is an actress who gets tired.” This series of photos prompted Life magazine to use the word “vulnerable” to describe Monroe for the first time, marking the beginning of feminist photography. #Entertainment#Photography#Women#Independence