David E. Scherman (1916 – May 5, 1997) was an American photojournalist and editor. Born in Manhattan to a Jewish family, he grew up in

New Rochelle, New York New Rochelle (; older french: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the state of ...

and then attended

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

. He graduated in 1936 and became a photographer for

Life magazine ''Life'' was an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, and as a monthly from 1978 until 2000. During its golden age from 1936 to 1972, ''Life'' was a wide-ranging weekly general-interest ma ...

, covering

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. He teamed up with a Condé Nast Publications photographer

Lee Miller Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. She was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, where she became a fashion and fine art ...

for many of these assignments. One photograph by Scherman of Miller in the bathtub of

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

's apartment in Munich is one of the most iconic images from the Miller-Scherman partnership. Scherman changed career from photographer to editor and was employed as senior editor when Life magazine ceased its weekly format in 1972. He died of cancer at age 81

Publications

Scherman contributed as an editor and author to various Life and photography publications including: *''The Best of Life'', 1973, *With John R. McCrary - First of the Many, 1981, *With Rosemarie Redlich - ''Literary America: A Chronicle of American Writers from 1607-1952'', 1978, *With Richard Wilcox - ''Literary England: Photographs of Places Made Memorable in English Literature'', 1944, *With

Antony Penrose Antony William Roland Penrose (born 9 September 1947) is a British photographer. The son of Sir Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, Penrose is director of the Lee Miller Archive and Penrose Collection at his parents' former home, Farley Farm House. ...

- ''

's War: Photographer and Correspondent With the Allies in Europe 1944-45'', 1992,

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