Peter B. Martin, Sr. (1915–1992) was an American photographer and publisher. Martin was one of the top[citation needed] New York City publishing photographers in the 1950s, with work published in Mademoiselle,[1] Cosmopolitan,[2][3] Life,[4] and McCall's.[5]

From the late 1940s to the 1960s, he was a fashion photographer and photojournalist. He photographed many celebrities including Frank Sinatra,[6] Bunk Johnson, Edgar Bergen,[7] Imogene Coca,[8] Edward R Murrow,[9] Arthur Schlesinger, Jr,[10] Leonard Bernstein,[11] Eleanor Roosevelt,[5] Natalie Wood, James Dean, Vera Zorina, Kim Novak, Ann Francis, Sheree North, Walt Disney, Jack Webb,[3] the Allman Brothers, Jim Morrison, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin.[12] In addition to his photography, Martin published periodicals about photography (Figure[13] and Photography Workshop[14]) during the early 1950s, and in the late 1950s and 1960s he published television and music magazines (Movie Teen Illustrated[citation needed] and Pop Rock[12]).

Photography Workshop

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New York was a photojournalism mecca in the 1950s, and Peter Martin's "studio 61" at 286 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York, was a gathering place for many photographers at that time.[citation needed] Many contributed to the Photography Workshop publication, which was devoted to the photographer's work, techniques, equipment and art.

Photography Workshop Summer 1950 contents[15]

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Editor: Peter Martin; Associate Editors: Fred Sparks, Joan Marsh, Fred Lyon

  • Technical Story of the Year
  • Parlor, Bedlam and Flashbulb
  • Photo-Journalism
  • The Case History of A Picture Story "Fairy Tale On Fifth Avenue"
  • Fashion Photography
  • The Ford Girls
  • Portrait Photography
  • Figure Photography (Fred Lyon)
  • The Reluctant Photographer
  • The Photographer in Europe (by Fred Sparks)
  • The Child as a Photographic Subject
  • A Subject Eyes The Photographer
  • Four Picture Assignments
  • Circle of Confusion (photos by Peter Martin)

Photography Workshop Fall 1950 contents[16]

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  • The Photographer's Story
  • Press Photography
  • Voodoo Photography (Earl Leaf)
  • The LIfe, Times and Photographs of Halsman
  • Thumbnail Photographs 1935–1950
  • Damascus: An Early Picture HIstory
  • Philippe & The Rita
  • Portraits
  • 42 Life Magazine Halsman Covers
  • Theatre and Dance
  • Salvador Dalí
  • Model "t" Fashion Photography
  • Halsman Technique
  • Figure Photography
  • Anatomic props

Photography Workshop Fall 1951 contents[17]

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References

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  1. ^ "various titles, April, May, December 1946, June 1947, September 1948, August, September, November 1949, January, October, November 1951, February, April, May, August, September 1952". Mademoiselle. New York: Street and Smith.
  2. ^ "Beauty and Charm". Cosmopolitan: 76. May 1951.
  3. ^ a b "The Jack Webb Story". Cosmopolitan. New York. May 1954.
  4. ^ Life Magazine June 1999
  5. ^ a b "Eleanor Roosevelt: If You Ask Me". McCalls. 1954.
  6. ^ Martin, Peter (1980). Sinatra: The Early Years. Dodsmith Publishing Company.
  7. ^ Bergen, Candice (1984). Knock Wood. Simon & Schuster. p. 1 of photos.
  8. ^ "Girl Meets Wolf". McCalls. 1956.
  9. ^ Sperber, A.M. (1986). Murrow: His Life And Times. Bantam Books.
  10. ^ "Radcliffe College". Mademoiselle: 112. October 1951.
  11. ^ "Something To Talk About". Mademoiselle: 206. c. 1954.
  12. ^ a b Martin, Peter (December 1968). "Pop Rock Music". Pop Rock.
  13. ^ "Figure #1". La Petite Mélancolie. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  14. ^ Martin, Peter (Summer 1950). "Photography Workshop". Camera Workshop Publications, Inc. New York.
  15. ^ Martin, Peter Martin (Summer 1950). "Photography Workshop Summer 1950". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.
  16. ^ Martin, Peter (Fall 1950). "Photography Workshop Fall 1950". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.
  17. ^ Martin, Peter (Fall 1951). "Photography Workshop 1951". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.