Ewing Galloway

Ewing Galloway
Born	1881
Died	June 26, 1953
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation	American journalist; owner of a photography agency; lawyer
Employer	Ewing Galloway Agency, Collier's, Underwood & Underwood, Literary Digest, Henderson Gleaner, City of Henderson, Kentucky
Known for	Founding the largest photography agency in the United States

Ewing Galloway (1881 – June 26, 1953) was an American journalist. He owned a photography agency that provided works focused around the economy and transportation. The Ewing Galloway Agency was, at the time, the largest photography agency in the United States.

Ewing Galloway grew up in Little Dixie, Kentucky. He first worked as a lawyer in Henderson County, Kentucky. To become a lawyer, he passed the bar examination in 1905. He was prosecutor for the City of Henderson, Kentucky. He also worked for the Henderson Gleaner. He became more interested in journalism due to his work at the Gleaner. He relocated to New York City. He took a journalism course at Columbia University. He left New York. He ended up working in the Midwestern United States and Hawaii. He moved back to Kentucky and worked for the Henderson Gleaner again as an intern. He moved back to New York. He worked for Literary Digest as an assistant editor.

After working at Literary Digest, he started working for Collier's and subsequently became their photography editor. After Collier's, he worked for Underwood & Underwood. Galloway started his own company called the Ewing Galloway Agency which opened in 1920 in New York City and was located on 28th Street. He acquired 8,000 photographs in 1925. The photographs consisted of content focused around Asia and Africa. Galloway also had images related to Indigenous peoples of North Americas and Europe. His work was focused around transportation, commerce and the economy. He sold photographs to encyclopedias, books and magazines.

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