Wingate Paine

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Birth Name: Wingate Paine

Country of origin: United States

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Description: Born in 1915, Wingate Paine was a member of a Mayflower New England family with ties to law, banking, and the ministry. He broke from those traditions and became a Marine captain, connoisseur of French wine, devotee of Hatha Yoga, and finally a gifted photographer. Paine was one of the hottest advertising photographers in New York in the 1960s, commanding fees bested only by Avedon and Penn. He was the photographer of the iconic Volkswagen Beetle ads, considered a touchstone of modernist print advertising. In the mid-1960s Paine set aside his successful advertising career to devote himself to his magnum opus, Mirror of Ve ... (more)

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