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Entertainment | 08/21/2009 11:00 pm

Stolen Moments: The Photographs of Ronny Jaques (Photos)

A special look at the exquisite work of ‘one of the most influential — and least recognized — magazine photographers of his generation.’

Photo Essay

Stolen Moments: The Photographs of Ronny Jaques features some of the rarest photographs taken by Ronny Jaques. Jaques (1910 - 2008) is described by his dear friend and author of Stolen Moments, Pamela Fiori, as “one of the most influential — and least recognized — magazine photographers of his generation.” Indeed, he worked among highly recognizable greats in his field, including, Richard Avedon and Milton Greene. Jacques’s photographs have appeared in several prized publications including Harper’s Bazaar, Town&Country and Gourmet. The skilled artisan traveled the world shooting the fashion, food, cultures, stars and locales that truly captured all that was mystical about the 1940s, ’50s and beyond. Thanks to the publishers of Glitterati Incorporated, here is a special tribute to the photographer’s work.

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phyllis Doyle Pepe
His black and white photographs of Billie Holliday in the fifities are priceless, even though a price has been adhered. In the slides above the picture of the woman and the ship is extraordinary. He has wonderful photographs of the children of Dublin that I just love. I’m wondering why he never gained the fame that he so well deserved. He lived a long life–-98–-he died recently.
By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 08/22/2009 8:11 am
Susan Crawford
Thanks wOw, and Glitterati publishers, for sharing these terrific photos. They are a glimpse into other times, other ways made by a master craftsman and artist. I just read something recently about Annie Liebovitz and her financial woes, and someone made a remark that photographers tend to live a long life as a way of saying Annie could live long enough to surmount her current troubles. And here is Ronny Jaques who lived to be 98! At any rate, the photos were great (except for number 4, which did not load!) and it was a joy to see them.
By Susan Crawford on 08/22/2009 10:12 am
Beth Cornell
Love the one with Mary Martin rehearsing.
By Beth Cornell on 08/22/2009 2:15 pm
DeBúrca obj
Except for the pencil mustache on him, Brando is exquisite…
By DeBúrca obj on 08/23/2009 11:40 am
Frannie Em
I agree, it is so current.  I could be a Calvin Klein ad.  
By Frannie Em on 08/23/2009 6:45 pm
DeBúrca obj
Maybe that’s where Calvin Klein got the idea!
By DeBúrca obj on 08/23/2009 11:11 pm
Frannie Em
Probably, hunh?
By Frannie Em on 08/24/2009 12:47 pm
KatyDid Wells

Thanks for the slideshow, wOw.  What wonderful images this man could create, he had a great eye.  The ship/woman image is striking and the others are so intriguing, you simply want to step right in…

By KatyDid Wells on 08/24/2009 11:58 am