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Peter B. Martin

American photographer and publisher

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Peter B. Martin was a portrait photographer.

Peter B. Martin, Sr. (1915–1992) was an American photographer and publisher. Martin was one of the top New York City publishing photographers in the 1950s, with work published in Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Life, and McCall's. Bunk Johnson, Edgar Bergen, Imogene Coca, Edward R Murrow, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, Leonard Bernstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Natalie Wood, James Dean, Vera Zorina, Kim Novak, Ann Francis, Sheree North, Walt Disney, Jack Webb, In addition to his photography, Martin published periodicals about photography (Figure and Photography Workshop ) during the early 1950s, and in the late 1950s and 1960s he published television and music magazines (Movie Teen Illustrated and Pop Rock

Editor: Peter Martin; Associate Editors: Fred Sparks, Joan Marsh, Fred Lyon Technical Story of the Year Parlor, Bedlam and Flashbulb Photo-Journalism The Case History of A Picture Story "Fairy Tale On Fifth Avenue" Fashion Photography The Ford Girls Portrait Photography Figure Photography (Fred Lyon) The Reluctant Photographer The Photographer in Europe (by Fred Sparks) The Child as a Photographic Subject A Subject Eyes The Photographer Four Picture Assignments Circle of Confusion (photos by Peter Martin)

Photography Workshop Fall 1950 contents Source: The Photographer's Story Press Photography Voodoo Photography (Earl Leaf) The LIfe, Times and Photographs of Halsman

Damascus: An Early Picture HIstory Philippe & The Rita Portraits 42 Life Magazine Halsman Covers Theatre and Dance Salvador Dalí Model "t" Fashion Photography Halsman Technique Figure Photography Anatomic props

Photography Workshop Fall 1951 contents Source: Assignment in Studio 61 12 Photographers: Fred Lyon Fernand Fonssagrives Ruth Orkin Stephen Colhoun Dan Wynn Gleb Derrujinsky, Jr. Herbert Giles Jerry Yulsman Genevieve Naylor Richard Litwin Ted Croner W. Eugene Smith

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