Don Ornitz
Don Ornitz | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | February 29, 1920
Died | January 14, 1972 | (aged 51)
Occupation | Photographer |
Parent | Samuel Ornitz (father) |
Relatives | Arthur J. Ornitz (brother) |
Don Ornitz (February 29, 1920 – January 14, 1972) was an American photographer.
Life and career
Ornitz was born in
Career
Ornitz photographed many celebrities,[4] including Raquel Welch, Frank Sinatra, Walt Disney, and Audrey Hepburn.[5] His obituary in Popular Photography magazine called him "the Titan of the Hollywood photographers".[6]
He was also a photographer for several magazines, including Playboy,[7] Travel and Camera,[8] The Saturday Evening Post, Look, Pageant, Globe, Sports Illustrated[9] and Life.[10][11][12]
His photograph of boys catching insects on a windowpane was selected by Edward Steichen for the 1955 Museum of Modern Art world-touring exhibition The Family of Man that was seen by 9 million visitors.[13][14]
Ornitz died January 14, 1972, in Los Angeles County, California.
Books by Don Ornitz
- Ornitz, D. (1962) Living Photography, Maco.
- Basch, P., Gowland, P., & Ornitz, D. (1958). Candid Photography. Fawcett Publications: Greenwich, Conn.
References
- ISBN 978-1-62157-206-0
- ^ United States Congress House Committee on Un-American Activities (1950), Hearings regarding communism in the United States Government. Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, second session, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, pp. 1221–1223
- ^ Ornitz, D. (1962). Living photography. New York: Maco.
- ^ Paglia, Camille. (1995). The Lives They Lived: Elizabeth Montgomery;The Good Witch.(Magazine Desk). The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Dec 31, 1995.
- ^ Don Ornitz (photographs) Oh What Sights-Water Sprites! In Life, 26 Apr 1963, Vol. 54, No. 17, ISSN 0024-3019, Published by Time Inc.
- ^ 'Tribute to Don Ornitz 1920-1972'. In Popular Photography, Volume 71, page 4
- ISBN 978-0-87223-445-1
- ^ Travel and Camera, Volume 29, p.10, 42, 61, U.S. Camera Publishing Corporation, 1966
- ^ The Photographers: The best shooters are as competitive as the athletes they cover, so SI helps them keep score (and, yes, this list includes Joe DiMaggio, but, no, it's not the Yankee Clipper).(50th Anniversary/The Covers) Sports Illustrated, Nov 10, 2003, Vol.99(18), p.153
- ^ 'Elements of a New Trend'. In Life, 27 Jan 1958, Vol. 44, No. 4, p.61-64, ISSN 0024-3019
- ^ 'Everything's on the block'. In Life, 22 May 1970, Vol. 68, No. 19, p.46, 47, ISSN 0024-3019
- ^ 'Mirage-style Lingerie'. In Life, Volume 63, Issues 1-4, p.44-51, Time Incorporated, 1967
- ^ Steichen, Edward; Norman, Dorothy (1955). Mason, Jerry (ed.). The family of man : the photographic exhibition. Sandburg, Carl, (writer of foreword), Lionni, Leo, (book designer), Stoller, Ezra, (photographer). New York, N.Y.: Museum of Modern Art / Maco Magazine Corporation.
- ISBN 978-0-8263-1558-8