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Legendary Photographer

Gene Trindl (1924-2004)

His subjects were the faces of Hollywood. His photographs are as legendary as the famed celebrities that he captured on film. His career spanning over 50 years included acclaim from International Photography Awards 2003 for "Outstanding Achievement in Portrait Photography". His collection, "Hollywood: The 50's and 60's", is a behind-the-lens, and behind-the-scenes view of Hollywood. His images remain trademark visions that speak as witness to an unforgettable era.Described as amusing and sentimental, his photographs provide an intimate look at the people who made Hollywood. Once described as the "Will Rogers of Photography", his homespun humor and quick-draw shooting style caught even the most celebrated of stars in whimsical and often out-of-character situations. Trindl's roster of subjects reads like a "Who's Who" of Hollywood with such notables as Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day, Rock Hudson, and Benny and Burns. Also sharing the pages with Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles and Fred Astaire, are more contemporary faces as Tom Selleck, the cast of Star Trek, and Micheal Jackson.Trindl's longevity is attributed to his lifelong passion for photography beginning with his days as a Boy Scout, with badges well earned, through his stint in the Air Force, leading to a degree from Woodbury College. His early career was marked by apprenticeships, teaching at Pierce College, and co-producing some 22 educational films. Widely recognized, Trindl's work has been published is LIFE, Newsweek, the Saturday Evening Post, and Collier's. His largest body of work graced over 200 covers for TV Guide - a record never equaled to date - and was the most prolific collaboration of his life."Trindl was known as a master of studio lighting and darkroom magic." said Jan-Christopher Horak of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. "His images reflect a bygone era when show business's bigest celebrities first began appearing on the then, new television medium." His gallery printshave been worthy of exhition along side the finest classic photography today. Trindl's work is recognized among a class of photographers that included fellow "Lucie Award" nominees Annie Liebowitz, Arnold Neuman, Bert Stern, Gordon Parks, and Richard Avedon. TV networks, public relations firms, and collectors alike continue to seek out Trindl's images from the vast archive. The Gene Trindl Media Trust has over 90,000 edited transparencies, and ten-and-thousands of film negatives on file. Today, Gene's family seeks to celebrate his life's work by making available contemporary, modern, and occasionally vintage prints for collectors.

2003

Lucie Award