Bob Schwalberg (October 12, 1927 – October 8, 1996) was an American

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (suc ...

and writer on photographic technique and equipment.

Career

Schwalberg was a photojournalist who worked for PIX Publishing, an early New York City photo agency which from 1935 to 1969 supplied news and feature photos to magazines, especially ''Life'' and, later, ''

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''. From 1950 he was a writer of technical stories in ''

Popular Photography ''Popular Photography'', formerly known as ''Popular Photography & Imaging'', also called ''Pop Photo'', is a monthly American consumer website and former magazine that at one time had the largest circulation of any imaging magazine, with an edit ...

'' magazine and for many years produced a regular column for the magazine. He gained recognition as Mr. Leica, an expert on camera equipment, after working for nearly 7 years for the manufacturer of E.Leitz GmbH in

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in their public relations and product design departments, as well as serving as a European correspondent, before returning to write for ''Popular Photography.''

Recognition

Two of Schwalberg's photographs were included by curator

Edward Steichen Edward Jean Steichen (; March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine ''Art et Décoration'' in 1911 were the first modern ...

in the world-touring

The Family of Man ''The Family of Man'' was an ambitious exhibition of 503 photographs from 68 countries curated by Edward Steichen, the director of the New York City Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) department of photography. According to Steichen, the exhibitio ...

exhibition, seen by 9 million viewers. In one, two women spectators at a sports event, photographed at close range, scream ecstatically while the surrounding men remain unmoved. The second, taken from above with a slow shutter speed, captures a policeman at a slow shutter speed as he walked, showing only his dark uniform against a slightly blurred pavement, creating an abstract representation of law enforcement.

Death and legacy

Schwalberg died a few days before his 69th birthday and was remembered at a memorial on March 4, 1997, at the Metropolitan Center, 123 West 18th Street, New York City.

References

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