13 Facts About Hy Peskin

1.

Hyman Peskin was an American photographer known for several famous photographs of American sports people and celebrities published by Sports Illustrated and Life.

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2.

Hy Peskin was a pioneer of sports photography, with his work being ranked amongst the best sports photojournalism of the 20th century.

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3.

Hy Peskin was born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn, where his father Elias Peskowitz was a tailor who lost his job in the Depression, the family being saved by Hy's first job as a newspaper seller.

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4.

Hy Peskin became a newspaper journalist at the New York Daily Mirror after it started up in 1924, but soon became a photographer because it paid a higher salary.

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5.

Hy Peskin was the first sports photographer to cover the action from the sideline or climb up on the roof to obtain more interesting shots.

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6.

Hy Peskin often said "I helped make the Dodgers famous and they helped make me".

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7.

Hy Peskin applied for positions with 20 magazines but only Look showed any interest.

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8.

Hy Peskin was the first staff photographer hired by Sports Illustrated.

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9.

In 1953, Peskin shot a Life cover and photographic feature of Senator John F Kennedy and his fiance Jacqueline Bouvier.

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10.

Hy Peskin finished his career on an unfortunate note when technical problems meant that he virtually took no photographs at the first title fight between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston in early 1964.

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11.

Hy Peskin became known as such a litigious person, usually representing himself in court, that in 1995 a Texas television station did a story about his frequent court cases.

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12.

Hy Peskin died in Herzliyya, Israel in 2005 of technical errors occurring during kidney dialysis.

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13.

Hy Peskin was survived by his second wife, Adriana Reynolds of Plano, Tex.

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