Morris Warman (December 25,
/ref> 1918 – April 16, 2010) was an American photographer
A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographe ...
. His pictures often appeared on the front page of the ''New York Herald Tribune
The ''New York Herald Tribune'' was a newspaper published between 1924 and 1966. It was created in 1924 when Ogden Mills Reid of the ''New-York Tribune'' acquired the ''New York Herald''. It was regarded as a "writer's newspaper" and competed ...
'', where he was a staff photographer from 1943 to 1966. His work in photojournalism was distinguished by his use of ambient light instead of flash to create artistic pictures of daily news events. He also received acclaim for his portraits of statesmen and other celebrities, which were displayed in exhibits such as ''Portraits of Our Time''. He won several awards for his work, including the New York Press Photographers Association contest in 1959.
In his 1986 book on the ''New York Herald Tribune'', entitled ''The Paper'', writer Richard Kluger
Richard Kluger (born 1934) is an American author who has won a Pulitzer Prize. He focuses his writing chiefly on society, politics and history. He has been a journalist and book publisher.
Early life and family
Born in Paterson, New Jersey, in Se ...
described Warman as "the best portraitist in U.S. daily journalism."
External links
Official website
* http://www.silurians.org/photo-gallery/morris-warman/
References
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American people of Polish-Jewish descent
1918 births
2010 deaths
American photographers
Bayonne High School alumni
People from Bayonne, New Jersey