Mark Shaw (photographer)
| Mark Shaw | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mark Schlossman June 25, 1921 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 26, 1969 (aged 47) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
New York University Pratt Institute |
| Known for | Photography, film and television advertisement |
| Spouse(s) |
Geri Trotta (m. 1949; div. 1960) Pat Suzuki (m. 1960; div. 1965) |
| Website | markshawphoto |
| Patron(s) | Kennedy family |
Mark Shaw (June 25, 1921 – January 26, 1969) was an American fashion and celebrity photographer in the 1950s and 1960s. He worked for Life magazine from 1952 to 1968, during which time 27 issues of Life carried cover photos by Shaw. Shaw's work also appeared in Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, Mademoiselle, and many other publications. He is best known for his photographs of John F. Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, and their children, Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr. In 1964, many of these images were published in the book The John F. Kennedys: A Family Album, which became a bestseller.
Shaw was born Mark Schlossman to working-class parents of Eastern European heritage in New York City and grew up on the Lower East Side. His mother Rebecca (or Reva) Silverstein (also Kanzer) (1895–1960) was a seamstress of Russian and Polish extraction; his father Joseph Charles Schlossman was a laborer and/or salesman of Austrian descent. They divorced while Mark was still a boy. Later he attended New York University, where he studied industrial design, and the Pratt Institute, where he studied engineering and likely was exposed to photography as well.
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