Task 3- The Photographer

Andy Gronow

Frank Scherschel• Born in Madison, Wisconsin 1907• Died in St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin 1981 (Age 74)• He was a news photographer for The Milwaukee Journal from 1926 to

1942 before joining Life. • In 1950, he received the Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award for

excellence, presented by the National Press Photographers Association.• He became a staff photographer for Life magazine who covered World

War II in Europe, including the liberation of Paris, and in the Pacific.• In 1962, he was in charge of the photographic laboratory for the United

States Information Agency in Washington. • He retired in 1972 and opened a camera store in Baraboo.

Other examples of Frank Scherschel’s work