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John G. Zimmerman is an American photographer who has been active since the 1950s. He is best known for his celebrity and fashion photography, which has appeared in magazines such as Life, Look, and Sports Illustrated. He has also photographed for advertising campaigns for companies such as Coca-Cola, Ford, and General Motors. Zimmerman was born on October 30, 1927 in Pacoima, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied photography. After graduating, he began working as a freelance photographer for magazines such as Life and Look. In the 1960s, Zimmerman began to focus on celebrity and fashion photography. He photographed celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and John F. Kennedy. He also photographed fashion models such as Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton. In the 1970s, Zimmerman began to focus on advertising photography. He photographed for campaigns for companies such as Coca-Cola, Ford, and General Motors. He also photographed for magazines such as Sports Illustrated and GQ. Zimmerman has been honored with numerous awards throughout his career. In 2009, he was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame. As of 2021, John G. Zimmerman's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Occupation Photographer
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 30 October 1927
Birthday 30 October
Birthplace Pacoima, California, U.S.
Date of death (2002-08-03) Monterey, California, U.S.
Died Place Monterey, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Timeline

2003

Summing up Zimmerman's career in a 2003 tribute, photographer Neil Leifer wrote:

1984

One of Zimmerman’s favorite Olympic assignments was taking the "Big Picture" for the LA Olympics in 1984. The "Big Picture" was a group portrait of 18,000 people, ranging from Mayor Tom Bradley, local community leaders, celebrities, the City Ballet and L.A. Dodgers to the UCLA Football team. It was displayed as a 30 × 80 ft. billboard at various places around the city, to welcome visitors and athletes to the Games.

1972

On meeting Zimmerman in 1972 sports photographer Rich Clarkson said:

1970

Beginning in the 1970s, Zimmerman worked in the more lucrative arena of print advertising and photographed advertising campaigns for Marlboro, Ford, Chrysler, AT&T, Exxon, G.E., Pepsi and Coca-Cola, among others.

1964

From 1964 until his retirement in 1991, Zimmerman worked for all the major magazines, covering notable subjects from every aspect of American popular culture. Four of his Time covers are in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery: politician Jerry Brown, baseball player Rod Carew, actress Diane Lane and Olympic figure skater Dorothy Hamill.

1963

By the time Zimmerman left Sports Illustrated in 1963, he had assembled a portfolio that showed all the elements of his unique photographic style. He had discovered new ways to portray his subjects, often stretching and blurring his images to show the athletes in motion. Zimmerman photographed Philadelphia Eagles Chuck Bednarik’s tackle of New York Giants running back Frank Gifford in 1960.

1961

Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss recalled watching Zimmerman edit photographs of basketball player Wilt Chamberlain in 1961. “It was the first time a photojournalist had placed a camera above the rim of a basket…it was like looking at something from another planet. It had never been done before. No one had seen the game from there.”

1956

Zimmerman's approach caught the eye of Gerald Astor, Picture Editor of the newly founded Sports Illustrated. Astor hired Zimmerman in 1956 as one of the magazine's first staff photographers. Zimmerman helped make the magazine a vanguard of innovative sports photography. He was among the first to use remote controlled cameras for unique camera placements, and was "a pioneer in the use of motor-driven camera sequences, slit cameras and double-shutter designs to show athletes in motion."

Photographing the Olympic Games was a constant throughout his career. He covered six Summer Olympic Games, the first in Melbourne (1956) and the last in Los Angeles (1984), with four Winter Olympic Games in between.

1954

By 1954 he had moved to Detroit and was freelancing for Life. One assignment required him to document Detroit's old Mariners' Church being moved to a new location across town. The building's move took four weeks to complete, yet Zimmerman's photo gives the effect of the church hurtling through downtown Detroit at top speed. The use of technology to show on film what the naked eye could not see would become a hallmark of Zimmerman's work.

1952

In 1952, Zimmerman moved to Atlanta. During his time there he shot a series of noteworthy assignments for Ebony depicting the experiences of African Americans in the Jim Crow South and the Midwest.

1950

After graduating high school, Zimmerman was a Navy photographer. In 1950, he landed a job as a staff photographer at the Time bureau in Washington D.C. On his first assignment on November 1, 1950, Zimmerman was driving away from the White House with a group of photographers when two Puerto Rican nationalists stormed nearby Blair House, attempting to assassinate President Truman. Hearing gunshots, the photographers rushed out of the car. Zimmerman had a camera around his neck where as the others had locked theirs in the trunk. Zimmerman got the first photos of the attack, which were published in both Time and Life.

1927

John Gerald Zimmerman (30 October 1927 in Pacoima, California – 3 August 2002 in Monterey, California) was an American photographer. He was among the first sports photographers to use remote controlled cameras for unique camera placements, and was "a pioneer in the use of motor-driven camera sequences, slit cameras and double-shutter designs to show athletes in motion."