Peter Stackpole (1913-1997) was an American

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. Along with

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, and Thomas McAvoy, he was one of ''

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''s first staff photographers and remained with the publication until 1960. He won a

George Polk Award The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the award ...

in 1954 for a photograph taken 100 feet underwater,Peter Stackpole, 83, Chronicler Of California Trends for Life
by Rick Lyman, in ''

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''; published May 14, 1997; retrieved November 25, 2015 and taught photography at the

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. He also wrote a column in '' U.S. Camera'' for fifteen years. He was the son of sculptor

Ralph Stackpole Ralph Ward Stackpole (May 1, 1885 – December 10, 1973) was an American sculptor, painter, muralist, etcher and art educator, San Francisco's leading artist during the 1920s and 1930s. Stackpole was involved in the art and causes of social realis ...

References

External links

Collection of Peter Stackpole photos at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona.
American photojournalists 1913 births 1997 deaths Social documentary photographers Life (magazine) photojournalists 20th-century American photographers Academy of Art University faculty {{US-photographer-stub