Sam Shaw - film producer of John Cassavetes
Sam Shaw (1912 - 1999) - film producer, photojournalist and long time collaborator with actor and director John Cassavetes (1929 - 1989) whose portrait hangs in the background. Shaw was also famous for the iconic photographs of Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate with her skirt billowing, and Marlon Brando in a ripped t-shirt, a portrait that came to symbolize A Streetcar Named Desire.