The eternal divinity, Anita Ekberg

Among the most photographed women in the world during the 1950s and 1960s, and this is easily one of the most circulated and iconic images: the Swedish screen divinity Anita Ekberg (29 Sept 1931 – 11 Jan 2015), here immortalised by photographer Peter Basch.

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Anita Ekberg strikes a pose

Swedish actress and pin-up queen Anita Ekberg by photographer Peter Basch in the 1 August 1956 edition of Vogue magazine.

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