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
editNew 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.
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)
- 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
- Assignment in Studio 61
- 12 Photographers:
- Fred Lyon
- Fernand Fonssagrives
- Ruth Orkin
- Stephen Colhoun
- Dan Wynn
- Gleb Derrujinsky, Jr.
- Herbert Giles
- Jerry Yulsman
- Genevieve Naylor
- Richard Litwin
- Ted Croner
- W. Eugene Smith
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Beauty and Charm". Cosmopolitan: 76. May 1951.
- ^ a b "The Jack Webb Story". Cosmopolitan. New York. May 1954.
- ^ Life Magazine June 1999
- ^ a b "Eleanor Roosevelt: If You Ask Me". McCalls. 1954.
- ^ Martin, Peter (1980). Sinatra: The Early Years. Dodsmith Publishing Company.
- ^ Bergen, Candice (1984). Knock Wood. Simon & Schuster. p. 1 of photos.
- ^ "Girl Meets Wolf". McCalls. 1956.
- ^ Sperber, A.M. (1986). Murrow: His Life And Times. Bantam Books.
- ^ "Radcliffe College". Mademoiselle: 112. October 1951.
- ^ "Something To Talk About". Mademoiselle: 206. c. 1954.
- ^ a b Martin, Peter (December 1968). "Pop Rock Music". Pop Rock.
- ^ "Figure #1". La Petite Mélancolie. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ^ Martin, Peter (Summer 1950). "Photography Workshop". Camera Workshop Publications, Inc. New York.
- ^ Martin, Peter Martin (Summer 1950). "Photography Workshop Summer 1950". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.
- ^ Martin, Peter (Fall 1950). "Photography Workshop Fall 1950". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.
- ^ Martin, Peter (Fall 1951). "Photography Workshop 1951". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.