Joseph Janney Steinmetz

"Joseph Steinmetz" redirects here. For the chancellor of the University of Arkansas, see Joseph E. Steinmetz.
Joseph Janney Steinmetz photographed for Life magazine's "pictures" column in Philadelphia, December 6, 1940

Joseph Janney Steinmetz was an American commercial photographer whose images appeared in publications including the Saturday Evening Post, Life, Look, Time, Holiday, Collier's, and Town & Country.[1] He documented scenes of American life including the wealthy and middle-class Americans, including Floridians.[1] Steinmetz moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Sarasota, Florida in 1941.[1]

Biography and career

In the Sarasota area he photographic subjects included Eldon Rowland,[2] Eric Hodgins, and the Hilton Leech House and Amagansett Art School. Other photographs include pictures of artist Ben Stahl, Ringling Circus choreographer George Balanchine, filming on the set of On an Island with You on Anna Maria Island, president of Coca-Cola Robert Winship Woodruff, Naval Photography School (NAS) in Pensacola, baseball legend Ted Williams, novelist MacKinlay Kantor, set of Wind Across the Everglades, Karl Wallenda, Emmett Kelly, Lou Jacobs, Billy Bowlegs III, Arthur M. Young flying his model helicopter, a Ringling Circus clowns, and several of his daughter Lois Duncan Steinmetz.

He married Lois Duncan (née Foley) Steinmetz. Lois Duncan is their daughter.

References

  1. 1 2 3 item Florida Memory
  2. ↑ State Library and Archives of Florida. "Infos at". Floridamemory.com. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
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