Eliot Elisofon was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, known for his work with Life Magazine. He started working for Life Magazine in 1942 and continued until 1964. Some of his best known works are colour photo essays on Africa, the South Pacific, and other parts of the world. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School

DeWitt Clinton High School

DeWitt Clinton High School is an American high school located in the Bronx, New York City, New York.-History:Clinton opened in 1897 at 60 West 13th Street at the northern end of Greenwich Village under the name of Boys High School, although this Boys High School was not related to the one in Brooklyn...

in 1929. He was married twice, in 1940 to Mavis Lyons whom he divorced in 1946, and to Joan Baker Spear in 1950, with whom he had two daughters Elin and Jill.

Large collections of Eliot Elisofon photographs can be found in two repositories: (1) the Photographic Archives of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin, TX and (2) the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art. A short biography of Eliot Elisofon can be found by accessing http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/press/releases/2000/elisofonnr.html. For more information consult http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2000/elisofon/elisofon2.html.