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  Barry L. Thumma, Face of America, Gelatin silver print 1980

  BARRY L. THUMMA (1947-2003) USA

  Face of America   1980

  Gelatin silver print

  Size: H: 13 3/8” x W: 11”

  Size (with board): H: 14” x W: 11”

  Size (framed): H: 21 ¼” x W: 17”

  Price: $2,750

  Barry L. Thumma, a former New Era photographer, covered four presidents as White House photographer for The Associated Press. In his 20-year career with the AP, he traveled on more than 100 Air Force One flights to photograph presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He also photographed Pope John Paul II, Jerry Falwell, Mikhail Gorbachev, Michael Deaver, Alan Greenspan and Donald Rumsfeld, among other personalities and politicians of his time. He was a member of the White House News Photographers Association. Thumma began his career in 1967 as a part-time photographer for the Lancaster New Era. He joined the Associated Press in 1973 in Cincinnati, where he covered the Reds and the Bengals. After two years as the Ohio photo editor, Thumma moved to Washington, D.C. to cover the White House. He also captured heartbreaking images of the famine in Ethiopia, NASA space flight operations and troop actions in the field.

   

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  Tim Gidal, Self Portrait, Gelatin Silver Print 1930

  TIM GIDAL (Ignaz Nachum Gidalewitsch) (1909-1996) USA

  Self-portrait   1930

  Signed: Tim Gidal, self portrait 1930, photograph printed by photographer TG (script in ink on back)

  H: 17 7/8” x W: 12 1/16” (framed)

  German-born Israeli photojournalist and writer. Gidal studied law, history and art history in Munich and Berlin, and started photography as a Zionist student. His first published pictures appeared in the Münchener illustrierte Presse in 1929. After emigrating in 1933 he lived in Switzerland (where he wrote a doctoral dissertation on photojournalism), the Middle East, and India, contributing to numerous publications. Between 1938 and 1940 he worked for Picture Post, and 1942-5 for the British army magazine Parade. After moving to the USA in 1947 he was an editorial consultant for Life. He later held academic posts in America and Israel. His many books include Modern Photojournalism: Origin and Evolution 1910-1933 (1973).