Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman was born on March 3, 1918 in New York City. He attended University of Miami in Florida to study drawing and painting, but left after two years. He then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1946, Arnold Newman opened his own studio in New York City, working with Fortune Life and Newsweek magazines as a freelance photographer. He wanted to capture the essence of the work of artists through his work, and often photographed other artists in their most familiar surroundings. Arnold Newman became a professor at Cooper Union and died on June 6, 2006.