woensdag, oktober 29, 2003
Een beroemde foto, na 73 jaar nog altijd de ultieme nachtmerrie voor iedereen met ook maar een spatje hoogtevrees. Bouwvakkers in het New York van 1930 lunchen ontspannen op een constructiebalk van het Rockefeller Center in aanbouw. De naam van de waaghals die de foto maakte was onbekend. Nu is ontdekt dat het gaat om acteur/autocoureur/worstelaar/jager/visser/piloot Charles Ebbets.
Born in 1905, Ebbets got his first camera when he was eight by charging it to his mother's account at the local drugstore, according to an account by Tami Ebbets Hahn, his daughter. He went on to become a prolific photographer, after a brief stint as an actor, based in Florida who shot for newspapers, the U.S. Army, magazines and the city of Miami.
As part of the 100th anniversary of Corbis's historical Bettman Archive, the collection of historical photographs that includes the famous picture of the construction workers, Johnston hired an investigator to confirm the details about the photographer and his image. The most convincing proof came, however, from a picture of Ebbets himself crouched on a steel beam, poised to take the shot, with the Empire State building looming in a misty background. Ebbets died in 1978 at the age of 72.
Ebbets was an avid photographer, shooting much of the wildlife and greenery of the Florida Everglades before they were developed. He also photographed a 1935 hurricane that killed more than 400 people and captured rare images of sacred Seminole Indian ceremonies. Ebbets was born in Alabama in 1905 and saw his work, including the "Men on the Beam" picture, published in the New York Times as well as other publications, such as National Geographic.
Born in 1905, Ebbets got his first camera when he was eight by charging it to his mother's account at the local drugstore, according to an account by Tami Ebbets Hahn, his daughter. He went on to become a prolific photographer, after a brief stint as an actor, based in Florida who shot for newspapers, the U.S. Army, magazines and the city of Miami.
As part of the 100th anniversary of Corbis's historical Bettman Archive, the collection of historical photographs that includes the famous picture of the construction workers, Johnston hired an investigator to confirm the details about the photographer and his image. The most convincing proof came, however, from a picture of Ebbets himself crouched on a steel beam, poised to take the shot, with the Empire State building looming in a misty background. Ebbets died in 1978 at the age of 72.
Ebbets was an avid photographer, shooting much of the wildlife and greenery of the Florida Everglades before they were developed. He also photographed a 1935 hurricane that killed more than 400 people and captured rare images of sacred Seminole Indian ceremonies. Ebbets was born in Alabama in 1905 and saw his work, including the "Men on the Beam" picture, published in the New York Times as well as other publications, such as National Geographic.
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