Lawrence Fried
Lawrence Fried (b.June 28, 1926 – d.1983), was an American photo-journalist, whose work appeared in Newsweek, The Saturday Evening Post, The New York Times, Vogue, Collier's, and Parade Magazine.[1] with over 70 covers for Newsweek [2]. He was the recipient of the Photographer of the Year award by the Overseas Press Club, the Outstanding Service to ASMP award and the Benjamin Franklin Award [3].
Fried learned photography while serving in World War II. After the war he attended the University of Miami, then moved to New York City and began a 30-year career as a freelance photographer. He was a three-term president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, a trade organization, and a founding partner of the Image Bank, which represents the work of 300 photographers.[5]
The people and subjects that he photographed on multiple occasions range from Vietnam [6] to world leaders such as Chiang Kai-shek [7]. His photograph of Robert F. Kennedy was chosen as the book cover of Kennedy's To Seek a Newer World [8]. While riding in the presidential motorcade covering Lyndon Johnson for the Saturday Evening Post [9] his car caught on fire and his leap—cameras flinging in the air—was captured on the front page of many major newspapers including The New York Daily News.[10]
He photographed musicians, actors, and visual artists throughout his career. Bette Midler [11], Stevie Wonder [12], Meryl Streep [13], Shirley MacLaine [14], Richard Serra [15], Joseph Kosuth [16], and Willem DeKooning [17].
ASMP
Fried was a three-term president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers from 1973-1978, a trade organization and was instrumental in the development of the first Business Practices book in 1973.[4].
The Image Bank
In 1975, Fried co-founded The Image Bank, which became one of the largest agencies of its kind with franchises all over the world. TIB created a new model of selling stock photography that is followed to this day [18]. Getty Images bought the company in 2000.
References
- "Lawrence Fried." The New York Times 12 September 1983: Print.
- "Obituary." Newsweek. September 26, 1983
- Overseas Press Club https://www.opcofamerica.org/
- ASMP Bulletin NOV/DEC. 1978: Print. 1-5 and ASMP Bulletin October, 1973: Print.
- Op. Cit. The New York Times
- "Can Vietnam Stand Alone?' Newsweek. 16 December 1968: Cover. Print.
- "Asia After the Peking Summit." Newsweek. 13 March 1972: Cover. Print.
- Kennedy, Robert F. To Seek A Newer World. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1967. Print
- "L.B.J. His Whirlwind Campaign." Saturday Evening Post 31 October 1964: Cover. Print.
- "LBJ Mobbed And He Loves It." 'The New York Daily News 24 September 1964: Cover. Print.
- Newsweek. 17 December 1973: Cover. Print.
- Newsweek 28 October 1974: Cover. Print.
- Newsweek 7 January 1980: Cover. Print.
- Newsweek 25 September 1972: Cover. Print.
- David Zwirner Gallery, New York. NY www.davidswirner.com
- Gauthier, Michel. "Art Conceptuel." Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2013. Print.
- Newsweek 4 September 1972: 71-72. Print.
- . Frosh, Berg. The Image Factory: Consumer Culture, Photography and the Visual Content Industry'." Berg, 2003, Oxford, UK. Print.