Jerry Interval, (October 10, 1923 – December 4, 2006), was an American
portrait photographer and educator.
The early years
Jerry Interval was born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in the Brookline neighborhood of the city. When he was 17, he moved to
Dunkirk, New York to attend Holy Cross Seminary, an all-male
Roman Catholic boarding school that closed in 1968. While there, he studied to be a
Passionist priest for a short time and graduated with a degree in psychology before returning to
Pittsburgh.
In 1948, at the age of 25, he married Dora. The Intervals lived in
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania and
Bellevue, Pennsylvania, before moving to the suburb of
Franklin Park, Pennsylvania, where they lived for almost 43 years. They had seven children.
Photography career
Interval was heavily Influenced by
Yousuf Karsh,
Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was kno ...
,
Edward Steichen etc. in his teenage years and pursued
photography as a hobby for several years before turning professional in 1968. In 1972, he earned the degree of master of photography from the
Professional Photographers of America (PPA).
His work is documented in ''The Psychological Approach to Photographic Design,'' his associate thesis for the ASP, and in a self-published booklet described what he called ''crash-point symmetry'', a compositional technique still widely used by professional photographers. Several examples of Interval's work—including some of his noted Merry Monks portraits—are housed at the Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History in Pittsburgh.
His work has appeared in
Newsweek,
Sports Illustrated,
Reader's Digest etc.
A member of
Professional Photographers of America and
Photographic Society of America
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(PSA), Interval lectured at photography conferences and was an instructor for the Winona International School of Professional Photography for about 20 years.
Death
He died on December 4, 2006, at the age of 83 due to complications from heart problems in the Pittsburgh suburb of
Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
"Award-winning portrait, wedding photographer," ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', December 7, 2006, p. D6
References
External links
Official Jerry Interval website
Award-winning portrait, wedding photographer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Obituary
Professional Photographers of America (PPA)
American Society of Photographers (ASP)
Triangle Photographers Association (TPA)
Photographic Society of America (PSA)
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1923 births
2006 deaths
Artists from Pittsburgh
20th-century American photographers
American portrait photographers
Wedding photographers
People from Dunkirk, New York
Catholics from New York (state)