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photo by owen roilzman jeremy , morgan brooklyn , new york united states 6 may 1930 enid steckler len_steckler . jpg len steckler
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len steckler

len steckler -lrb- born may 6 , 1930 -rrb- is an american photographer , painter , film director , cinematographer and producer .
steckler is known for the artistry behind many famous ad campaigns , including pepsi cola 's `` refreshes without filling '' illustrated advertisements in the 1950s , noxzema 's `` take it off -- take it all off '' tv commercials in the early 1970s , and for famously putting joe namath in hanes pantyhose .
in 2010 , he received widespread attention for the release of a previously unknown series of photographs entitled , `` marilyn monroe : the visit , '' which offer a candid glimpse of a 1961 encounter between monroe and famed poet carl sandburg .
steckler began his artistic career with the brush .
the youngest member of new york 's society of illustrators , he painted illustrations for short and serialized stories that appeared in leading magazines of the day .
as photography gradually replaced illustration , however , steckler segued to a full-time career as a photographer .
with major clients like pepsi cola , max factor , revlon and helena rubenstein , steckler 's work was featured in magazines like ladies ' home journal , mccalls , playboy and look , and made the cover of publications such as us , good housekeeping -lrb- 1962 -- 66 -rrb- , the saturday evening post -lrb- 1962 -- 66 -rrb- , popular photography -lrb- 1961 -- 68 -rrb- and camera -lrb- 1968 -- 71 -rrb- .
