Marty Lederhandler

{{short description|American photojournalist}}

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Martin Lederhandler (November 23, 1917 – March 25, 2010) was a photographer for the Associated Press for 66 years, making him the longest-serving AP staff member.[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-82134918 Flying the coop. (retirement of AP photographer Marty Lederhandler)]{{dl|date=July 2021}} from American Journalism Review, January 1, 2002 During his career, he photographed every President of the United States "from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton".{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032601516.html|title=Marty Lederhandler, AP lensman for 66 years, dies|author=Richard Pyle|date=March 26, 2010|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Associated Press story|accessdate=March 26, 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Lederhandler began working with the Associated Press in 1936,[http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0202/ml_intro.htm New York's Longest Run] at Digital Journalist, by Richard Pyle, February 2002 and participated in D-Day as an official US Army photographer.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3722743.stm Shooting D-Day through a lens] at the BBC, June 21, 2004

He retired in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, saying they helped spur the decision. His photograph of the burning towers of the World Trade Center juxtaposed against the Empire State Building has been described as "iconic".[http://www.ctvnews.ca/photo-galleries 100 Iconic Photos of the Decade] at CTV Television Network

Lederhandler suffered a stroke on February 17, 2010. He died on March 25, 2010, at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey.