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The estate also draws upon a wealth of Monroe photographs, which continue to attract admirers and customers. "It's women that have kept Marilyn alive, not men," Schiller said. Schiller said that whenever a gallery exhibit of Monroe photos opens, it's often teenage girls who come in the greatest numbers. They continue to be fascinated with Monroe, but he said he's seen an evolution in the images that people are interested in. "In the '70s the pictures that were selling were the ones that were very, very sexy," Schiller said. Since the early 2000s, he said the top sellers haven't been Monroe's nudes but rather images that accentuated her humanity. "I think people want to see her now as a real person," Schiller said. "They want to see her in a simpler way." Asked if he sees the fascination with Monroe enduring for another 50 years, Schiller said a lot depends on whether communications remain a visual medium much as it has in recent decades. "Our interests may change drastically," he said. "It isn't that she's going to be replaced," he said. "No Lindsay Lohan or Madonna or Lady Gaga is going to replace her."
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