John Swope (photographer)
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John Swope (on left) with Henry Fonda and James Stewart in 'The Spirt of '76', 1937
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| Born |
August 23, 1908 New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, 1979 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Known for | Photography |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy McGuire (m. 1943-1979; his death) |
| Website | http://www.craigkrullgallery.com/Swope.J/ |
John Swope (August 23, 1908 – May 11, 1979) was a photographer for Life Magazine, and a pilot.
He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1908.
He attended Harvard University in 1930. There, he joined the theatrical group University Players where Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, and Joshua Logan were also members.
His interest in photography began when he brought a camera to a yacht race from Los Angeles to Hawaii in 1936.
Together with Leland Hayward and John H. Connelly, he co-founded Southwest Airways (no connection to the present day Southwest Airlines), a company that developed the Thunderbird Fields, which trained thousands of military pilots during the Second World War.
He was married to actress Dorothy McGuire in 1943 until his death in May 11, 1979.
He started his career by documenting federal housing projects, a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Program.
1936 - He worked as an assistant to Leland Heyward.
1938 - He was commissioned to photograph the work of nurses in Harlem and the Lower East Side by Henry Street Settlement House.
1939 - He was assigned by Harper's Bazaar in South America with Josh Logan.
1941 - He began training Aviation cadets in Thunderbird Airfield right after he joined the Army.
1942 - He collaborated with John Steinbeck on an illustrated book, Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team, which documented the training of army cadets.
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