Lester Bookbinder (

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, 1929 -

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, 9 January 2017) was an American photographer and commercial director who worked in the United Kingdom. Bookbinder trained with Rouben Samberg before moving to London. He established a career as a prominent fine art and studio advertising photographer, best-known for complicated compositions and studio effect shots. He also directed advertisements and the

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s for songs including ''

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{{authority control 2017 deaths 1929 births American emigrants to the United Kingdom 20th-century American photographers