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often published on their photographers and writers on the title page, he explained, in verse, that the mysterious letters preceding his surname were not initials for any actual names;
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Eyerman's technical innovations have helped push back the frontiers of photography. He perfected an electric eye mechanism to trip the shutters of nine cameras to make pictures of an
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suburban street that stretches to the horizon, while his picture of a receding crowd of engineers at their drafting tables in a vast office space was selected by curator
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Steichen, Edward; Sandburg, Carl; Norman, Dorothy; Lionni, Leo; Mason, Jerry; Stoller, Ezra; Museum of Modern Art (New York) (1955).
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Among his most famous photographs is the oft-reproduced long-shot of movie audience members all wearing
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Such visual repetition was a favorite device; another example is Eyerman's expansive aerial shot for
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of multiple moving vans simultaneously emptying furniture into newly built houses on a
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Los Angeles Times obituary; 'Photographer J. R. Eyerman Dies' December 07, 1985
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Pressing the button for LIFE magazines just made the world stand still.
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Life photographers : their careers and favorite pictures
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Picturing an exhibition: the family of man and 1950s America
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Museum of Modern Art, Exhibitions record for J. R. Eyerman
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The family of man revisited: photography in a global age
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University of Washington College of Engineering alumni
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Hurm, Gerd; Reitz, Anke; Zamir, Shamoon, eds. (2018).
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portraits were shown; and later his work appeared in
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photography studio. In a biographical vignette that
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American photographer and photojournalist (1906–1985)
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photojournalist
Butte, Montana
University of Washington
Life
World War II
3-D glasses
Bwana Devil
Lakeview
Edward Steichen
Museum of Modern Art
The Family of Man
G.I.
Time
National Geographic
structural engineering
Seattle
atomic blast
kidney failure
Santa Monica, California


That was the Life
ISBN
978-0-393-08764-2
LIFE, 8 Jun 1942, page 17, Vol. 12, No. 23, Time/Life Inc.
"Photographer Spotlight: J.R. Eyerman"
the original
"J. R. Eyerman – Rare, Never-Seen: 'Spartacus' at 50" LIFE

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