Today is the Centennial of photographer Jerry Cooke 🎂💯
Cooke shoots jockey Johnny Longden at Churchill Downs, Kentucky, 1961, in a photo by his SI colleague Neil Leifer
"Jerry was the closest thing to James Bond that the photography world has ever seen."
- Neil Leifer
Cooke shoots jockey Johnny Longden at Churchill Downs, Kentucky, 1961, in a photo by his SI colleague Neil Leifer
"Jerry was the closest thing to James Bond that the photography world has ever seen."
- Neil Leifer
For the Jerry Cooke Centennial, I'll be posting my favourite photos of his #JerryCooke100
Coffee with Ray Milland ☕️
This was taken on the set of The Lost Weekend, 1944. That *may* be Billy Wilder behind him.
Coffee with Ray Milland ☕️
This was taken on the set of The Lost Weekend, 1944. That *may* be Billy Wilder behind him.
Celebrate the Jerry Cooke Centennial!
W. H. Auden at his desk
For Life magazine, 1958
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W. H. Auden at his desk
For Life magazine, 1958
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Celebrate the Jerry Cooke Centennial!
Two of his Life magazine colleagues: Nina Leen & George Karger, 1945
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Two of his Life magazine colleagues: Nina Leen & George Karger, 1945
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An undated shot of a Lhasa Apso on a sandy beach
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An undated shot of a Lhasa Apso on a sandy beach
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A self-portrait; he's all dressed up for a Sports Illustrated gig at Royal Ascot Racecourse, 1960
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A self-portrait; he's all dressed up for a Sports Illustrated gig at Royal Ascot Racecourse, 1960
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David Oistrakh gives a lesson; a shot for Life magazine from Moscow, 1959
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David Oistrakh gives a lesson; a shot for Life magazine from Moscow, 1959
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Another self-portrait; this time on a snowy mountain in California, for Life, 1955
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Can anyone identify this camera?
Another self-portrait; this time on a snowy mountain in California, for Life, 1955
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Can anyone identify this camera?
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Steve Cauthen wins the Kentucky Derby with Affirmed, Churchill Downs, May 6, 1978. Cooke was one of the first photographers to be recruited in 1953 for the new magazine Sports Illustrated.
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Steve Cauthen wins the Kentucky Derby with Affirmed, Churchill Downs, May 6, 1978. Cooke was one of the first photographers to be recruited in 1953 for the new magazine Sports Illustrated.
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Joe DiMaggio at bat against the Boston Braves. A great shot for Sports Illustrated. Undated, but before March 18, 1953, when it was announced that the Braves would move to Milwaukee immediately.
#GoBraves
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Joe DiMaggio at bat against the Boston Braves. A great shot for Sports Illustrated. Undated, but before March 18, 1953, when it was announced that the Braves would move to Milwaukee immediately.
#GoBraves
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Celebrate the Jerry Cooke Centennial!
Canada's greatest politician, Tommy Douglas, at a CCF event in 1945. The CCF became the NDP in 1961.
Douglas's birthday is coming up in two days. Watch this feed for social-democratic progressive Canadian content! 🇨🇦
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Canada's greatest politician, Tommy Douglas, at a CCF event in 1945. The CCF became the NDP in 1961.
Douglas's birthday is coming up in two days. Watch this feed for social-democratic progressive Canadian content! 🇨🇦
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Celebrate the Jerry Cooke Centennial!
Serge Koussevitzky at @CarnegieHall, 1945
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Koussevitzky conducts the 3rd Symphony of Brahms:
Serge Koussevitzky at @CarnegieHall, 1945
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Koussevitzky conducts the 3rd Symphony of Brahms:
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One of Cooke's first jobs at Life magazine was as an assistant to the great Alfred Eisenstaedt. He was helping him out on August 14, 1945 in Times Square, when Eisenstaedt took his famous Kiss on VJ Day photograph.
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One of Cooke's first jobs at Life magazine was as an assistant to the great Alfred Eisenstaedt. He was helping him out on August 14, 1945 in Times Square, when Eisenstaedt took his famous Kiss on VJ Day photograph.
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Celebrate the Jerry Cooke Centennial!
Nathaniel Benchley walks his dog in New York, 1958
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Nathaniel Benchley walks his dog in New York, 1958
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A Nebraska landscape from June 1947. Life photographers on assignment always had their eyes open for shots like this.
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A Nebraska landscape from June 1947. Life photographers on assignment always had their eyes open for shots like this.
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An undated photo for Life. Colour photos by Cooke for Life are rare; most of his colour work was for Sports Illustrated. Beautiful hues, & marvellous composition!
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An undated photo for Life. Colour photos by Cooke for Life are rare; most of his colour work was for Sports Illustrated. Beautiful hues, & marvellous composition!
#JerryCooke100
Celebrate the Jerry Cooke Centennial!
Cooke was very much aware of colour palette possibilities in his Sports Illustrated photos. A spectacular shot of #49ers receiver Jerry Rice #80, September 14, 1998
San Francisco beat Washington 45-10 🏈
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Cooke was very much aware of colour palette possibilities in his Sports Illustrated photos. A spectacular shot of #49ers receiver Jerry Rice #80, September 14, 1998
San Francisco beat Washington 45-10 🏈
#JerryCooke100
Celebrate the Jerry Cooke Centennial!
Crusade for World Peace at Wesley Church, 1944
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A wonderful picture of generational solidarity. ☮️
Crusade for World Peace at Wesley Church, 1944
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A wonderful picture of generational solidarity. ☮️
Celebrate the Jerry Cooke Centennial!
A young Truman Capote in his New York apartment
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A young Truman Capote in his New York apartment
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Dancers in motion at the Union Social Club. Another undated photo. 1950s?
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Dancers in motion at the Union Social Club. Another undated photo. 1950s?
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Gore Vidal, April 1947
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One of Cooke's best author portraits
Gore Vidal, April 1947
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One of Cooke's best author portraits
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Anatoly Karpov in Baguio, Philippines, for the 1978 World Chess Championship
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Anatoly Karpov in Baguio, Philippines, for the 1978 World Chess Championship
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