Robert Lebeck 4
The Sixties
Summary
In this further installment on the great photojournalist Robert Lebeck, Lebeck will cover the 60's and his work during that period, which he photographed some of his greatest photo stories.
During this time he also had made a great experience working as an actor for a friend of his. The project was a TV mini-series based on the Writer jack London, in which Lebeck played the title character.
Lebeck further goes on to describe his switching from Kristall Magazine to Stern Magazine and working for the legendary Art Director of Stern, Wolf Gilhausen to whom everyone referred to as the "Eye". Lebeck tells of stories where the famous Art Director, sorts through photos and picking out the bad pictures that he referred to as pickles. One of the most famous photos Lebeck took was actually a collage of two photos. It was the legendary shot of Robert Kennedy’s funeral, in which one woman could be seen kissing the flag covered casket on one side of the photo and another woman on the direct opposite side of the photo can be seen laying a hand on the casket. Gilhausen was very amused and very proud of putting these two shots together. It would be a picture that was to be seen around the world.
