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The basics
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American photojournalist
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Male
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Birth:
15 June 1913(San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, U.S.A.)
Death:
11 May 1997(Novato, Marin County, California, U.S.A.)
The details
Biography
Peter Stackpole was an American photographer. Along with Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, and Thomas McAvoy, he was one of Life Magazine's first staff photographers and remained with the publication until 1960. He won a George Polk Award in 1954 for a photograph taken 100 feet underwater, and taught photography at the Academy of Art University. He also wrote a column in U.S. Camera for fifteen years. He was the son of sculptor Ralph Stackpole.