Victor Keppler

{{Short description|American photographer (1904–1987)}}

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{{Infobox artist

| name = Victor Keppler

| image = Victor Keppler, 1941.jpg

| caption = Keppler in 1941

| birth_date = {{birth year|1904}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|12|5|1904}}

| death_place = New York City, U.S.

| alma_mater = City College of New York

| known_for = Commercial photography

}}

Victor Keppler ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɛ|p|l|ər}}; 1904 – December 2, 1987{{cite news |title= Victor Keppler, Author And a Photographer |date=December 3, 1987 |work=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DD163FF930A35751C1A961948260}}) was an American commercial photographer and author.

Biography

Keppler was born in Manhattan. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School and City College of New York.

Throughout his career as a photographer, Keppler did advertisements for clients such as Camel Cigarettes and the United States government.{{cite web | author = University of North Texas | url = https://digital.library.unt.edu/search/?q=%22Keppler%2C+Victor%22&t=agent | title = World War II Poster Digital Collections | access-date = 2007-06-27}} Keppler also did cover photos for The Saturday Evening Post.{{cite web | author = Smithsonian | url = http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=457 | title = HistoryWired: Saturday Evening Post | access-date = 2007-06-27}}

He founded the Famous Photographers School in Westport, Connecticut, which existed from 1961 until 1972. (The Famous Photographers School was connected to the Famous Artists School.)

As a published author, Keppler wrote A Life of Color Photography: The Eighth Art (1938) and Victor Keppler: Man and Camera (1970).

Gallery

File:"WANTED FOR MURDER - HER CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES" - NARA - 513599.jpg|"WANTED FOR MURDER - Her careless talk costs lives"

File:"Buy War Bonds" - NARA - 514000.jpg|"Buy War Bonds - Third War Loan" (1943)

References

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