Background
Fried, Lawrence was born on June 28, 1926 in New York City. Son of Charles and Thelma (Kosower) Fried.
Fried, Lawrence was born on June 28, 1926 in New York City. Son of Charles and Thelma (Kosower) Fried.
Bachelor of Arts, University Miami, Florida, 1950. Photojournalist, from 1950. President American Society Magazine Photographers, 1973-1978.
Executive vice president Image Bank (picture agency), from 1974.
Guest lecturer in field
With over 70 covers for Newsweek. Fried learned photography while serving in World World War World War II He was a three-term president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, a trade organization, and a founding partner of the Image Bank, which represents the work of 300 photographers. The people and subjects that he photographed on multiple occasions range from Vietnam to world leaders such as Chang Kai-shek.
His photograph of Robert F. Kennedy was chosen as the book cover of Kennedy"s To Seek a Newer World.
While riding in the presidential motorcade covering Lyndon Johnson for the Saturday Evening Post his car caught on fire and his leap—cameras flinging in the air—was captured on the front page of many major newspapers including The New York Daily News. He photographed musicians, actors, and visual artists throughout his career.
Bette Midler, Stevie Wonder, Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Serra, Joseph Kosuth, and Willem DeKooning. Fried was a three-term president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers from 1973-1978, a trade organization and was instrumental in the development of the first Business Practices book in 1973.
In 1975, Fried co-founded, which became one of the largest agencies of its kind with franchises all over the world.
TIB created a new model of selling stock photography that is followed to this day. Getty Images bought the company in 2000.
Served with infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Married Nancy Reed, August 23, 1952. Children: Lauren Ann, Patricia.