Walter Iooss
{{short description|American photographer (born 1943)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Walter Iooss Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|09|15}}
| birth_place = Temple, Texas
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| occupation = Photographer
| years_active = 1968–present
| spouse = Eva Iooss
| children = 2
}}
Walter Iooss Jr. ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|oʊ|s}} {{respell|YOHSS|'}};[https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/01/03/letter-from-the-publisher Meyers, John A. "Letter from the Publisher," Sports Illustrated, January 3, 1977.] Retrieved November 16, 2020 born September 15, 1943) is an American photographer noted for his images of athletes, including Michael Jordan, Kelly Slater, Tiger Woods, Scottie Pippen, and Muhammad Ali. He has been called "the poet laureate of sports."{{cite news|title=Athlete: The Sports Illustrated Photography of Walter Iooss. |url=http://www.newseum.org/exhibits-and-theaters/previous-exhibits/athlete/index.html |website=Newseum |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721110745/http://newseum.org/exhibits-and-theaters/previous-exhibits/athlete/index.html |archive-date=21 July 2014}}
Iooss began his career shooting for Sports Illustrated and contributed to the magazine for more than 50 years.{{cite magazine |title=The Education of Walter Iooss Jr. |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1192863/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113145706/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1192863/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=20 November 2012}} He also photographed for the magazine's Swimsuit Issue for 40 years.{{cite magazine |title=The Luckiest Photographer on Earth |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2010/05/sports-illustrated-slideshow-201005#slide=1 |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=20 November 2012}} Bruce Silverstein Gallery exclusively represents Iooss' fine art photography.
Birth and early life
Born in Temple, Texas, Walter Iooss moved at the age of five from Temple to East Orange, New Jersey. In 1959, at the age of 16, he shot his first roll of film at a professional football game with a camera his father bought him. The following year he attended the German School of Photography in New York City during the summer. One year later, at the age of 17 years,{{Cite web |last=Kinno |first=Kohjiro |title=Where Legends Still Play {{!}} The Golfer's Journal |url=https://www.golfersjournal.com/editorial/where-legends-still-play/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Golfer’s Journal |language=en-US}} Walter got his first assignment from Sports Illustrated—-the same year he graduated from East Orange High School. Two years later he shot his first cover for Sports Illustrated, but five more years would bring about a change of pace for Walter. Contrary to the sports images that he had been shooting, he then became an in-house photographer for Atlantic Records. In 2004 he was awarded with the LUCIE Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports Photography.
Career 1968–
From 1968 through 1972, Iooss was an in-house photographer for Atlantic Records in New York, where his subjects included performers like James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.
In 1982, Iooss was recruited by Fujifilm to work on an extended study of athletes who were working their way to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The two-and-a-half-year project required him to leave his position on the staff of Sports Illustrated (though he continued to contribute) and resulted in the publication of the book Shooting for the Gold.{{cite magazine |title=Shooting for the Gold |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087557,00.html |magazine=People |date=9 April 1984}}
In the late 1980s, Iooss was commissioned to photograph advertising campaigns for Camel cigarettes.
In 1993, Iooss' work was featured on 27 baseball cards in an Upper Deck set dubbed "The Iooss Collection."{{cite web|url=http://www.cardcollectordigest.com/2009/05/16/when-upper-deck-ruled-the-hobby/|title=When Upper Deck Ruled The Hobby|publisher=Wax Heaven |access-date=16 May 2009}}
Though he has worked with athletes and models, Iooss has also photographed Cuban children playing ball in the street[https://web.archive.org/web/20091012102125/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0910/walter.iooss.jr.photo.show/content.2.html Children of Cuba, 1999] and captured the raw desire of Thai kickboxers.[https://archive.today/20120717040140/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0910/walter.iooss.jr.photo.show/content.10.html Kickboxers in Bangkok, Thailand, 1995] According to Iooss, "The real joy of photography is these moments. I'm always looking for freedom, the search for the one-on-one. That's when your instincts come out."
Exhibitions
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Awards and nominations
- 2004: Lucie award for Outstanding Achievement in Sports Photography.[http://www.lucies.org/honorees/walter-iooss/ 2004 Honorees]
Personal
Iooss is married to Eva Iooss, with whom he has two sons, Christian and Bjorn.
References
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Bibliography
- Heaven, Sports Illustrated, 2010 {{ISBN|1-60320-116-5}}
- Athlete, Sports Illustrated, 2008 {{ISBN|1-60320-008-8}}
- Walter Iooss: A Lifetime Shooting Sports & Beauty, Watson-Guptill, 1999 {{ISBN|1-888001-56-9}}
- Hoops: Four Decades of the Pro Game, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2005 {{ISBN|0-8109-5921-6}}
- Rare Air: Michael on Michael, Collins, 1993 {{ISBN|0-00-638256-8}}
- Drumm, Russell (1999). Still Magic. Walter Iooss: A Lifetime Shooting Sports & Beauty. Graphis Press. {{ISBN|1-888001-56-9}}.
External links
- [http://www.imaginginfo.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=3&id=1299 Walter Iooss background]
- Walter Iooss' [http://www.walteriooss.com/ personal web site]
- "Gallery: Walter Iooss' Sports Photos," TIME.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223165907/http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1868304,00.html]
- [http://www.stocklandmaertel.com/iooss professional portfolio]
- [https://www.brucesilverstein.com/artists/walter-iooss-jr Gallery representation website]
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Category:American photojournalists
Category:Sports Illustrated photojournalists
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