Portrait Photographer Arnold Newman Dies At 88

A long, long time ago a very good friend of mine gave me a book for my birthday. He knew my passion for photography (specifically landscapes) and he thought that I would like seeing the black and white photos in the book.

They stunned me. Picasso, Stravinsky, portraits so strong and meaningful to me that I literally couldn't put it down for days. I learned every line of the images, studied the light, angle and composition. I became a Newman groupie.

Once, while in NY on assignment I was in Dugall's when his assistant came in to get Arnolds prints. I stared at those 16x20 boxes like they contained gold.

They did. The work of Arnold Newman.

Portrait Photographer Arnold Newman Dies At 88: "Arnold Newman, a deeply influential photographer who spent a lifetime capturing penetrating images of artists, entertainers and presidents, has died at age 88.

He died Tuesday morning of a heart attack at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, according to his son, David Newman."