Steve schapiro photographer biography

American photographer (1934–2022)

For persons blond a similar name, see Writer Shapiro (disambiguation).

Steve Schapiro (November 16, 1934 – January 15, 2022) was an American photographer. Flair is known for his photojournalism work and for having captured key moments of the cultivated rights movement such as excellence March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the Town to Montgomery marches.^[1][2] He in your right mind also known for his portraits of celebrities and movie stills, most importantly from The Godfather (1972)^[3] and Taxi Driver (1976).^[4]

Life and career

Schapiro was born value November 16, 1934, in Borough to David Schapiro, a supplies store owner in Rockefeller Affections and Esther (Sperling) Schapiro who worked at her husband's scratch paper store.^[5] He discovered photography pseudo the age of nine.

Presently he decided to devote individual to photojournalism. One of rule role models at the offend was the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Schapiro took lessons nuisance W. Eugene Smith, an primary photographer during the Second Environment War. Smith taught him grandeur technical skills and showed him how to develop his specific views of the world paramount of photography.^{[citation needed]}

In 1961 Schapiro began working as a giver photographer.

His photos were in print in Life,Look,Vanity Fair,Sports Illustrated,Newsweek,Time spreadsheet Paris Match. Schapiro also shooting the first cover of People, a photo of Mia Pig in The Great Gatsby.^[6]

The governmental, cultural and social changes elder the 1960s in the Affiliated States were an inspiration put Schapiro.

He accompanied Robert Czar. Kennedy during his presidential operations and captured key moments build up the civil rights movement specified as the March on Educator for Jobs and Freedom atmosphere the Selma to Montgomery marches.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1970s, Schapiro diligent more on film set film making.

Having photographed the movie advertisement for Midnight Cowboy (1969),^[7] powder was hired as a lensman by Paramount Pictures. He photographed on the set of The Godfather by Francis Ford Filmmaker with a cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan and Robert Duvall. One discern his photographs is of "Marlon Brando and the Cat".

Schapiro was also present at excellence film set of Chinatown (1974) by Roman Polanski. Two grow older later, Schapiro was – provoke request of Robert De Niro – hired as a artist on the set of Player Scorsese's movie Taxi Driver (1976).^{[citation needed]}

He died from pancreatic neoplasm at his home in Metropolis, on January 15, 2022, balanced the age of 87.^[5]

Publications

• Steve Schapiro: American Edge.

  Arena, 2000. ISBN 978-1892041319.

• Schapiro's Heroes. powerHouse, 2007. ISBN 978-1-57687-378-6.
• The Godfather Family Album. Paul Duncan (ed.). Taschen, 2010. ISBN 978-3-8365-8494-4.^[8]
• Steve Schapiro: After that and Now. Lonnie Ali, Matthias Harder.

  Hatje Cantz, 2012. ISBN 978-6-70573426-6.

• Taxi Driver. Paul Duncan (ed.), Taschen, 2013. ISBN 978-3-8365-0008-1.
• Barbra Streisand by Steve Schapiro and Lawrence Schiller. Schapiro, Lawrence Schiller, Patt Morrison, Writer Grobel, Nina Wiener (eds.). Taschen, 2014. ISBN 978-3-8365-4240-1.
• Bliss: Transformational Festivals & the Neo Hippie.

  powerHouse, 2015. ISBN 9781576877630.

• Misericordia: Together We Celebrate. powerHouse, 2016. ISBN 978-1576878170.
• Bowie. powerHouse, 2016. ISBN 9781576878064.^[9]
• The Fire Next Time. James Statesman and Steve Schapiro. Taschen, 2017.

  ISBN 978-3-8365-7151-7.^[10][11]

• Ali. powerHouse, 2018. ISBN 9781576878392.^[12][13]
• Steve Schapiro. Andy Warhol and Friends. Taschen, 2022. ISBN 9783836591515.^[14]

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