Stan Stearns
Stanley Frank Stearns (born May 11, 1935 in Annapolis , † March 2, 2012 in Annapolis ) was an American photographer.
Stearns was born to William and Lillian Stearns. His parents ran a jewelry business. He started working as a photographer at the age of 16. Stearns spent four years with the United States Air Force as a photographer for The Stars and Stripes newspaper . At the end of Eisenhower's presidency , he became a press photographer for the United Press International (UPI) agency . His black and white photo of three-year-old presidential son John F. Kennedy Jr. , who saluted at his father's coffin on November 25, 1963, became known worldwide. The picture became a symbol of the helplessness of an entire country in the face of the assassination of the US president. In the 1970s, Stearns opened a small photo studio in Annapolis near Washington. In 2012 he died of lung cancer.
literature
- Kennedy photographer Stan Stearns has died . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , March 5, 2012, No. 55, p. 11.
Web links
- Matt Flegenheimer: Stan Stearns, Photographer of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Salute to Father, Dies at 76 . In: New York Times, March 3, 2012.
- official website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stearns, Stan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stearns, Stanley Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Annapolis |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 2012 |
| Place of death | Annapolis |