His landscapes are stunning, his prints immaculate.

Founding member of the Photo Secession, New York; colonel in the American Expeditionary Forces-Director of aerial photography in western Europe; head photographer of Conde Nast, Vanity Fiar, Vogue; director of Naval Photographic Institute; director Dept of Photography, Museum of Modern Art.

Achieved a rare, high level of succes in his 20's; portrait style was inventive and monumental; served as staff photographer for 45 years for "Harper's Bazaar" and "Vogue"; photographed members of the civil rights movement; first staff photographer for "The New Yorker"; retrospectives include exhibitions of his works at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek/Denmark, Milan, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and San Francisco.

Initially a fashion photographer; began freelance work at age 32; focused on the human image; in only 13 years, produced a body of work that is among the most consistent and compelling of the 20th century.

Worked for Resettlement Administration (Farm Security Administration); published "An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion"; awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship; photographed US citizens of Japanese origin who had been interned; worked for the Office of War Information.

Made color photography respectable in artistic circles.

Broke last remaining taboos surrounding photographing the male nude; photographed stagings of S&M and bondage; most compelling of all were his self-portraits; published photographs of African American males; published "Certain People: A Book of People"; photographed Jan Fabre's performance "The Power of Theatrical Madness" in Antwerp; published "A Season of Hell: Rimbaud, Mapplethorpe"; photographed numerous portraits for Richard Marshall's book "50 New York Artists.