Stanley P. Friedman

Stanley Philip Friedman (February 3, 1925 – July 14, 2006) was a New York City-based author and award-winning photographer.

Friedman was born in Seattle and attended Garfield High School. He enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in World War II and achieved the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. As bombardier of B-24 and then B-17 aircraft, Friedman flew 36 missions over Belgium, France, Holland, and Germany in the 861st Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division, 8th Air Force.

After his tour in the European Theater of Operations, he gained his commission and trained to become a pilot. He was released from the Air Corps at the convenience of the Army on 17 October 1945, after the war's end. For his air service in operations over Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, and the Ardennes, he was decorated with the Air Medal and one silver cluster.

After the war, Friedman took a degree in English Literature from the University of Washington. He then moved to New York City, where he began shooting hundreds of photos in his spare time. Many of the prints appeared in prominent newspapers, including a widely circulated photo showing Friedman's wife Jean and his small son Nick expressing surprise at a seemingly broken water fountain's suddenly springing to life. Another photo, one of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and his wife on a bench in Central Park, appeared on the front page of the New York Herald Tribune.

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