Willard D. Morgan

Willard D. Morgan
Morgan working in home print shop, 1950
Born
Willard Detering Morgan

(1900-05-30)May 30, 1900
Snohomish, Washington, US
DiedSeptember 18, 1967(1967-09-18) (aged 67)
Bronxville, New York, US
Other names"Herc" (to his friends)
Occupation(s)Photographer, writer, editor
Notable work
  • The Leica Manual
  • The Complete Photographer (magazine)
  • The Encyclopedia of Photography: The Complete Photographer
Spouse
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(m. 1925)​
Children2

Willard "Herc" Detering Morgan (May 30, 1900 – September 18, 1967) was a photographer, writer, editor, and educator and the husband of photographer Barbara Morgan, known for her documentation of Martha Graham's dances.

Morgan's career spanned some of the most influential developments in the history of American photography.[1] He was instrumental in introducing the first 35mm camera in the US,[2] was an early director of photography at MOMA, and was the first to exhibit the Farm Security Administration photographers. He was also a writer and editor of technical publications on photography (from the Leica Manual, to Ansel Adams' Basic Photo Series, Encyclopedia of Photography, to Encyclopædia Britannica), and was a photo editor at LIFE and later a photo editor at Look.[3]

  1. ^ Steensma (1992), p. 29.
  2. ^ Shuter (1995), p. 50.
  3. ^ Steensma (1992), p. 85.