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Peter B Martin, Sr. 1915 - 1992

Peter Benjamin Martin Sr. of Belvedere Tiburon, Marin County, CA was born on May 10, 1915, and died at age 76 years old in March 1992 at Belevdere, Tiburon, California.. Peter Martin was buried at Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park 300 Curtner Ave, in San Jose, Santa Clara County.

Peter Benjamin Martin Sr.

"PETE MARTIN"

Belvedere Tiburon, Marin County, CA 94920

May 10, 1915

March 1992

Belevdere, Tiburon, California. in CA

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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, Cosmopolitan, Life, and McCall's. From the late 1940s to the 1960s, he was a fashion photographer and photojournalist. He photographed many celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Bunk Johnson, Edgar Bergen, Imogene Coca, Edward R Murrow, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, Leonard Bernstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Natalie Wood, James Dean, Vera Zorina, Kim Novak, Ann Francis, Sheree North, Walt Disney, Jack Webb, the Allman Brothers, Jim Morrison, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin. In addition to his photography, Martin published periodicals about photography and Photography Workshop during the early 1950s, and in the late 1950s and 1960s he published television and music magazines (Movie Teen Illustrated and Pop Rock). Contents 1 Photography Workshop 1.1 Photography Workshop Summer 1950 contents 1.2 Photography Workshop Fall 1950 contents 1.3 Photography Workshop Fall 1951 contents 2 References 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.[citation needed] Many contributed to the Photography Workshop publication, which was devoted to the photographer's work, techniques, equipment and art. Photography Workshop Summer 1950 contents 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 Assignment in Studio 61 12 Photographers: Fred Lyon Fernand Fonssagrives Ruth Orkin Stephen Colhoun Dan Wynn Gleb Derrujinsky, Jr. Herbert Giles Jerry Yulsman Genevieve Naylor Richard Litwin Ted Croner W. Eugene Smith
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May 10, 1915

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Studio 61 at 286 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, NYC.
Professional Career

Peter B. Martin, Sr. was a publisher and photographer in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s when photojournalism dominated visual media. His photography appeared in Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Life, McCalls and many other magazines. During the 1950s, when he had a studio in Greenwich Village (New York), he published Photography Workshop and Figure magazines. These publications focused on the art of photography, and they included contributions from other photographer friends who worked in New York at the time -- Philippe Halsman, Ruth Orkin and Fred Lyon to name a few. In the mid-1950s through the 1960s his photographs appeared in his Movie Teen Illustrated and Pop Rock magazines. Over his long career, he photographed many people including: Frank Sinatra, Bunk Johnson, Edgar Bergen, Imogene Coca, Edward R Murrow, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, Leonard Bernstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Natalie Wood, James Dean, Vera Zorina, Kim Novak, Ann Francis, Sheree North, Walt Disney, Jack Webb,the Allman Brothers, Jim Morrison, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin. Photo: Peter Martin, Sr. is photographing a street crowd in front of his studio at 286 Bleeker St in New York.
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1992

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March 1992

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Belevdere, Tiburon, California. in CA
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Peter B Martin, Sr. 1915 - 1992

Peter Benjamin Martin Sr.'s History: 1915 - 1992

Introduction

Birthday

Nationality & Locations

Professional Career

Death

Gravesite & Burial

2 Memories, Stories & Photos about Peter

Peter Martin's Family Tree & Friends

Peter Martin's Family Tree

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Other Martin Family Biographies

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