Background

Peter Stackpole was born on June 15, 1913, in San Francisco, California, United States.

Education

Career

Along with Alfred Eisenstaedt, Peter Stackpole was one of the first Life staff photographers, working for that magazine and Time Inc., from 1936 to 1960. He also wrote a column called "35mm Techniques" for U.S. Camera for fifteen years. Peter Stackpole covered the invasion of Saipan in 1945 as a war correspondent. He invented and built underwater equipment for still and movie photography between the years 1941 and 1974.

Working in various formats from 35mm to 4x5, Peter Stackpole was a pioneer in the development of U.S. photojournalism.

Works

More photos

• photography

  • San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Construction

    (The bridgemen go home early after a fatality)

    1935

  • Jeanne Crain Making the Motion Picture

    1946

  • Elizabeth Taylor & Monty Clift

  • Errol Flynn on his yacht, Sirocco, Catalina, CA

    1941

  • Marines on beach

    1995

  • Construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

  • Dona Drake with Rifle, Los Angeles

    1942

  • Throw-Away Living

  • Female pilot of the US Women’s Air Force Service posed with her leg up on the wing of an airplane

  • Joan Fontaine looking at the Best Actress Oscar she won for her role in the film "Suspicion"

Membership

• Circle of Confusion , New York

Connections

Father:

Ralph Stackpole

Ralph Ward Stackpole (May 1, 1885 - December 10, 1973) was an American sculptor, painter, muralist, etcher, and art educator, San Francisco's leading artist during the 1920s and 1930s.

Mother:

Adele Stackpole

(1885-1979)

colleague:

Alfred Eisenstaedt