J. R. Eyerman
J.R. Eyerman (9 October 1906—4 December 1985) was an American photographer and photojournalist.
Early life
Eyerman was born in Butte, Montana. His parents were photographers.[1]
Life magazine
Eyerman was on staff for Life Magazine from 1942 to 1961.[2] He covered World War II for Life on the European and Pacific fronts.[3] He once said;
"Pressing the button for LIFE magazines just made the world stand still."[4]
Among his most famous photographs is the oft-reproduced still of movie audience members wearing 3-D glasses while watching the premiere of Bwana Devil in Hollywood in November 1952.[3]
Eyerman's shot for Life of a receding crowd of engineers at their drafting tables in a vast office space was selected by curator Edward Steichen for the world-touring Museum of Modern Art exhibition The Family of Man that was seen by 9 million visitors.[5][6][7] Previously, at MoMA, Eyerman had contributed to Memorable Life Photographs, November 20–December 12, 1951; and Korea - The Impact of War in Photographs, February 13–April 22, 1951, in which 5 of his G.I. portraits were shown; and later his work appeared in Photographs from the Museum Collection, November 26, 1958–January 18, 1959, also at the Museum of Modern Art.[8]
He left Life in 1961 to work for Time, National Geographic, and several medical magazines.[9]
Technical innovations
After opening his own structural engineering firm in Seattle, he developed new tools to photograph in difficult situations. In his 1957 book, author Stanley Rayfield noted that;
"Eyerman's technical innovations have helped push back the frontiers of photography. He perfected an electric eye mechanism to trip the shutters of nine cameras to make pictures of an atomic blast [at Yucca Flat, Nevada, in 1952]; devised [with Otis Barton] a special camera for taking pictures 3600 feet beneath the surface of the ocean; successfully 'speeded up' color film to make previously impossible color pictures of the shimmering, changing forms and patterns of the aurora borealis."[10]
Death
Eyerman died of kidney failure and heart failure at his home in Santa Monica, California.[9]
External links
References
- ^ Hamblin, Dora Jane (1977), That was the Life (1st ed.), Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-08764-2
- ^ "J. R. Eyerman - Rare, Never-Seen: 'Spartacus' at 50" LIFE
- ^ a b The great Life photographers, Thames & Hudson, 2009, p. 156, ISBN 978-0-500-28836-8
- ^ That was the Life, Dora Jane Hamblin, Andre Deutsch Ltd, London, 1977, p.290
- ^ Steichen, Edward; Sandburg, Carl; Norman, Dorothy; Lionni, Leo; Mason, Jerry; Stoller, Ezra; Museum of Modern Art (New York) (1955). The family of man: The photographic exhibition. Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Simon and Schuster in collaboration with the Maco Magazine Corporation.
- ^ Hurm, Gerd, 1958-, (editor.); Reitz, Anke, (editor.); Zamir, Shamoon, (editor.) (2018), The family of man revisited : photography in a global age, London I.B.Tauris, ISBN 978-1-78672-297-3
{{citation}}:|author1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Sandeen, Eric J (1995), Picturing an exhibition : the family of man and 1950s America (1st ed.), University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 978-0-8263-1558-8
- ^ Museum of Modern Art, Exhibitions record for J. R. Eyerman
- ^ a b Los Angeles Times obituary; 'Photographer J. R. Eyerman Dies' December 07, 1985
- ^ Rayfield, Stanley (1957), Life photographers : their careers and favorite pictures, Doubleday & Co
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