Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO

Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO

Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO
PENNSYLVANIA STATION NYC, AUGUST 1948. Gelatin silver print, printed in 1985, by American Photographer Tony VACCARO B. 1922, signed in ink, titled, and annotated, along the lower margin, again signed in pencil, titled, annotated, and dated,'July 6, 1985, on verso. Measurements: Image: 19 by 15 -1/8 inches. Paper: 20 by 15-7/8 inches. Mat opening: 21 -1/2 by 19 -1/2 inches. Frame: 26 -1/4 by 21 -1/2 inches.

Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania as the second child of three (and the only boy) of his parents, who were Italian immigrants, he was baptized Michelantonio Celestino Onofrio Vaccaro. His father Giuseppe Antonio Vaccaro b. October 14, 1874 was from Bonefro in the region of Molise in Italy. In 1926, the family moved back to Bonefro in Italy, where Tony spent his youth.

With the outbreak of World WarII, Tony Vaccaro moved back to the United States in order to escape the Fascist regime and the military service in Italy. The seventeen-years old Vaccaro finished his education at the high school of New Rochelle, New York. In 1943, he was drafted into the U. Army and sent to Europe in 1944. Vaccaro fought in 1944 and 1945 as a private in the 83rd Infantry Division of the U.

Army in Normandy and then in Germany. His task as a scout left him with enough free time during the day to shoot photos. By the end of the war in Europe, Vaccaro had become an official photographer for the division's newspaper. In September 1945, he was discharged from the army.

Vaccaro stayed in Germany, where he got a job first as a photographer for the U. Authorities stationed at Frankfurt, and then with Weekend, the Sunday supplement of the U. Army newspaper Stars and Stripes. Until 1949, Vaccaro photographed throughout Germany and Europe, documenting post-war life. After his return to the U. In 1949, he worked for Life and Look before joining the magazine Flair. In 1994, he was awarded the French Légion d'honneur at the celebrations of the fifty-year anniversary of the Normandy landings (Reference: Wikipedia).

Provenance: A gift from the photographer to the Art editor of Look Magazine. Good, slight waves to lower margin. This is prohibited by US and International regulations. The item "Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO" is in sale since Thursday, January 21, 2016. This item is in the category "Art\Art Photographs".

The seller is "kyunart" and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.


Large Photograph of PENN STATION NY, 1948, By American Photographer TONY VACCARO