Original black & white photographic portrait by Leigh Wiener of Jake Zeitlin January 16 1985.
1985GG01761Los Angeles:: Leigh Wiener 1985. 1985. 10 x 8 inches. With the photographer's rubber-stamp on verso. Inscribed by Zeitlin to Mary H. Owen sister of Neal Harlow "To Mary Happy Days Jake Zeitlin". Zeitlin had a special relationship with the Harlows as he used to live and meet next door to their home and talk & drink in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles. "During his 50-year career as a photographer and photojournalist Leigh Wiener photographed every U.S. president from Truman to Reagan Hollywood legends from Marilyn to Marlon and musicians from Miles to Sinatra. After moving to Los Angeles in 1946 Wiener went on to become a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times before shooting freelance for Life Time Fortune and Sports Illustrated. He created and co-hosted the Emmy-winning television show "Talk about Pictures" on KNBC. Wiener's photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery. He passed away in 1993 leaving behind a rich archive of images that uniquely captures the second half of the 20th century." – LWG. See: Wiener Leigh How do you photograph people BIO: "Mr. Wiener was born in Manhattan and attended the University of California at Los Angeles. In the early 1950's he worked for The Los Angeles Times as a staff photographer then joined the military and worked in Europe on the staff of Stars and Stripes the Army newspaper." Wiener died at just 62 years of age. "The cause was complications of a blood disease said Cliff Dektar his publicist. Mr. Wiener's doctors attributed the disease Sweet's syndrome to radiation Mr. Wiener had been exposed to when he photographed atomic-bomb tests near Las Vegas Nev. after World War II for Life magazine Mr. Dektar said." – Los Angeles Times obituary written by Wolfgang Saxon "Leigh Wiener 62 Photographer Of the Famous and the Historic." May 14 1993. Leigh Wiener, 1985. unknown books
