Dennis stock photographer biography templates

American journalist and professional photographer

Dennis Stock (July 24, 1928 – January 11, 2010)^[1] was an American journalist and professional photographer.

Life and career

Stock was born in New York City, to Fannie and Fred Stock. His father was Swiss and his mother was English.^[2]

Stock served in the United States Army from 1947 to 1951.

Following his discharge, he apprenticed under photographer Gjon Mili. In 1951, he won a first prize in a Life magazine competition for young photographers.

Dennis stock photographer biography templates

That same year, he became an associate member of the photography agency Magnum. He became a full partner-member in 1954.

Stock met the actor James Dean in 1955, a few months before the latter's sudden death. He undertook a series of photos of the actor in Hollywood, Dean's hometown in Indiana, and in New York City.

One of his portraits of Dean in New York's Times Square became an iconic image of the young star. The black and white pictu