Original Jerry Cooke Photograph of a Burlesque dancer taken in Boston in 1951. With Cooke's professional studio stamp on verso. Sheet measures 8x10, fold to one corner. Also a rarely seen nude photographic print of Olympic Gymnast Cathy Rigby doing a handstand, measures 6x11, small tear to top. To ship 11.50x14.50. Weight 8 oz. Born in Russia in 1922, Jerry Cooke emigrated to the U.S. in 1939 and started taking pictures in 1940. Cooke's career in photojournalism began working for newspapers and magazines, including Life Magazine, Colliers, Ladies Home Journal, and others. In 1948, Cooke, Robert Capa, and Tim Gidal traveled to Israel to photograph the new state for the book, This Is Israel, written by I.F. Stone. One of Cooke's first assignments for Fortune was Nabisco, the Dough is Rising, 1948. In 1950, Fortune's Art Director Leo Lionni hired Cooke to document Milwaukee factories. Cooke spent the entire summer visiting and photographing 26 factories. Cooke considered this essay an "epic effort," photographing in both color and black & white. The article, "Made in Milwaukee," appeared in November 1950. A founding member of the American Society of Media Photographers, Cooke served as president from 1951-1952. Cookes portrait was photographed by Arnold Newman and used for the society's magazine. During his presidency, ASMP News became a magazine and was licensed by the State of New York to act as a labor union. Cooke's award-winning photograph, “Ohio Insane Asylum”, and others were selected for the international exhibition, The Family of Man, 1955 curated by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art.In 1953, after seeing his photographs of a football game for a Life essay,[15] Cooke was recruited by Gerald Astor to photograph for a new magazine, Sports Illustrated. This launched Cooke's career in sports photography. Cooke worked for over 40 years, shooting 47 covers for Sports Illustrated, including many from the early days starting in October 1954. In the 1973 World Series, Cooke captured Willie Mays arguing with umpire Augie Donatelli in one of the ten greatest World Series photographs. Cooke was named Director of Photography for Sports Illustrated in 1974. He photographed 16 Olympics and 42 Kentucky Derbies, including three Triple Crown winners: Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed. Cooke spoke several languages, visited five continents and well over a hundred countries.

fold to one corner dancer, small tear to rigby