Born 1911 in Nashville, TN, Ed CLARK was an American photojournalist. He began at daily Nashville Tennessean in 1929. In his work for Life, he held posts in Nashville, Paris, Moscow, London, Hollywood & Washington, D.C. He died in 2000 at the age of 88.

About the photographer, Ed CLARK

Born in 1911 in Nashville, Tennessee, Ed CLARK was a quintessential and prolific American photojournalist. Ed CLARK began assisting staff photographers at the daily 'Nashville Tennessean' in 1929, and worked for the paper until 1942. He was hired as a 'stringer for Life' in 1936, the publication’s inaugural year, and began his long tenure as a full-time 'Life' staff photographer in 1942. In his work for 'Life' over the next 20 years, Ed CLARK held posts in Nashville, Paris, Moscow, London, Hollywood and Washington, D.C. He received a wide range of assignments, from political figures and events, to Hollywood’s celebrities, to charming human interest stories. Working in both the United States and Europe, Ed CLARK covered some of the most important subjects of his time, including the post-war rebuilding of Germany and France and the desegregation of schools in Arkansas. In 1962 he was forced to leave 'Life' due to failing eyesight, yet in 1980 advances in ocular surgery restored Ed CLARK's vision and he returned to making photographs in later years. He died in 2000 at the age of 88.

Ed CLARK's archive

Today Ed CLARK's archive is held by the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation in Pleasantville, New York.

Photo books about Ed CLARK


Drawn from Ed CLARK's extensive personal archive of photographs, negatives, contact sheets and scrapbooks, these two volumes reveal the work of a key figure from the golden age of American photojournalism.
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