Peter B. Martin

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,[1] Cosmopolitan,[2][3] Life,[4] and McCall's.[5]

From the late 1940s to the 1960s, he was a fashion photographer and photojournalist. He photographed many celebrities including Frank Sinatra,[6] Bunk Johnson, Edgar Bergen,[7] Imogene Coca,[8] Edward R Murrow,[9] Arthur Schlesinger, Jr,[10] Leonard Bernstein,[11] Eleanor Roosevelt,[5] Natalie Wood, James Dean, Vera Zorina, Kim Novak, Ann Francis, Sheree North, Walt Disney, Jack Webb,[3] the Allman Brothers, Jim Morrison, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin.[12] In addition to his photography, Martin published periodicals about photography (Figure[13] and Photography Workshop[14]) during the early 1950s, and in the late 1950s and 1960s he published television and music magazines (Movie Teen Illustrated and Pop Rock[12]).

Photography Workshop

New York was a photojournalism mecca in the 1950s, and Peter Martin's "studio 61" at 286 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York, was a gathering place for many photographers at that time. Many contributed to the Photography Workshop publication, which was devoted to the photographer's work, techniques, equipment and art.

Photography Workshop Summer 1950 contents[15]

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[16]
  • The Photographer's Story
  • Press Photography
  • Voodoo Photography (Earl Leaf)
  • The LIfe, Times and Photographs of Halsman
  • Thumbnail Photographs 1935–1950
  • 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[17]

References
  1. "various titles, April, May, December 1946, June 1947, September 1948, August, September, November 1949, January, October, November 1951, February, April, May, August, September 1952". Mademoiselle. New York: Street and Smith.
  2. "Beauty and Charm". Cosmopolitan: 76. May 1951.
  3. "The Jack Webb Story". Cosmopolitan. New York. May 1954.
  4. Life Magazine June 1999
  5. "Eleanor Roosevelt: If You Ask Me". McCalls. 1954.
  6. Martin, Peter (1980). Sinatra: The Early Years. Dodsmith Publishing Company.
  7. Bergen, Candice (1984). Knock Wood. Simon & Schuster. p. 1 of photos.
  8. "Girl Meets Wolf". McCalls. 1956.
  9. Sperber, A.M. (1986). Murrow: His Life And Times. Bantam Books.
  10. "Radcliffe College". Mademoiselle: 112. October 1951.
  11. "Something To Talk About". Mademoiselle: 206. c. 1954.
  12. Martin, Peter (December 1968). "Pop Rock Music". Pop Rock.
  13. "Figure #1". La Petite Mélancolie. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  14. Martin, Peter (Summer 1950). "Photography Workshop". Camera Workshop Publications, Inc. New York.
  15. Martin, Peter Martin (Summer 1950). "Photography Workshop Summer 1950". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.
  16. Martin, Peter (Fall 1950). "Photography Workshop Fall 1950". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.
  17. Martin, Peter (Fall 1951). "Photography Workshop 1951". Photography Workshop. New York: Camera Workshop Publications, Inc.
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