Herbert "Burt" Keppler was an American photographer, journalist, author and consultant.
11 Facts About Herbert Keppler
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Herbert Keppler's career spanned 57 years, including 37 at Modern Photography and two decades at Popular Photography.
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Herbert Keppler wrote monthly columns and served in the former magazine as Editorial Director and Publisher, and in the latter magazine as Vice President and Publishing Director.
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Herbert Keppler was born in New York on April 21,1925, to commercial photographer and illustrator Victor Keppler.
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Herbert Keppler started in photography at the age of six and processed his own color photographs at the age of ten.
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Herbert Keppler earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University and was commissioned as an ensign in the US Navy near the end of World War II.
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Herbert Keppler established a code of ethics for advertisers and would decline advertisers access to the magazine if they were found to use unethical methods in their sales and advertising.
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In 1987, Herbert Keppler joined Popular Photography and was vice president and senior counselor of this magazine at the time of his death.
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Herbert Keppler died on January 4,2008, in Croton-on-Hudson and is survived by his wife Louise, son Thomas and daughter Kathryn.
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Herbert Keppler regularly traveled to Japan and worked as a consultant for Japan's photo industry.
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Herbert Keppler was included in the Photo Marketing Hall of Fame in 1985, and honored for his lifetime achievement by the Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association in 1991.