I COULDN’T RESIST BLOGGING HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could not resist going to the library, after reading that an
innovative and self-taught photographer named Bert Stern
passed away last Tuesday, May 25, 2013. He was born on
October 3, 1929.
How will you know this famous, but not always recognized,
photographer? He started as a mail room clerk at “Look”
magazine, straight out of high school. Bert made his way up
from the mailroom, as the rags to riches story unfolded.
Once he left this position, he moved to “Mayfair” magazine
becoming the art director, and proceeded to fine tune his skills
in photography.
Bert Stern liked to say that he “didn’t know how to read a light
meter.” By the mid-1950’s, Stern became known for his memorable
and strikingly unique angles in advertising, including his advertising
for Smirnoff vodka martini.
Here are a few unusual artistic shots of “The driest of the dry” vodka
martinis. One was…
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