{"id":5354255,"date":"2019-10-15T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/?post_type=photographer&#038;p=5354255"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:23:11","slug":"loomis-dean","status":"publish","type":"photographer","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/loomis-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Loomis Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote id=\"single-block_5d9f8f7a9b657\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5355065 desc=\"Asset ID: 1219346. \" caption=\"Loomis Dean on assignment for the rescue of survivors of the sinking of the Andrea Doria by the ocean liner Ile de France. (Photo by Cornell Capa\/The LIFE Images Collection)\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/15152240\/01219346-e1571152959512-822x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Loomis Dean on assignment for the rescue of survivors of the sinking of the Andrea Doria by the ocean liner Ile de France. (Photo by Cornell Capa\/The LIFE Images Collection)\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\"><\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Loomis Dean on assignment for the rescue of survivors of the sinking of the Andrea Doria by the ocean liner Ile de France. (Photo by Cornell Capa\/The LIFE Images Collection)<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His father was an artist, and Loomis Dean (1917-2005) went to art school, &#8220;but it just proved I couldn&#8217;t draw.&#8221; He soon discovered his passion for photography, but before he went to work for LIFE in 1947, he sold Bibles during the Depression, put in four years as an assistant press agent for the Ringling Bros circus, and served in the Pacific Theater. According to Dean, &#8220;LIFE almost single-handedly changed the image of the news photographer from a slovenly, tobacco-chewing slob under constant pressure &#8230; to the pseudo-sophisticated type in neckties who were allowed to use initiative and imagination &#8230; We knotted our ties and set off to con people into all sorts of things they frequently didn&#8217;t want to do\u2026.It was all the most fun in the world.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adapted from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Great-LIFE-Photographers-Editors\/dp\/0316097934\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1EH15RRHPZHFO&amp;keywords=the+great+life+photographers&amp;qid=1570115481&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=the+great+life+photogr%2Caps%2C142&amp;sr=8-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Great LIFE Photographers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote id=\"double-block_5d9f8f7d9b658\" class=\"double-image aligncenter\">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5355066 desc=\"Asset ID: 1219822. \" caption=\"LIFE magazine cover published September 5, 1960, featuring author Ernest Hemingway. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/15152129\/01219822-e1571152889170-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"LIFE magazine cover published September 5, 1960, featuring author Ernest Hemingway. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\"><\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">LIFE magazine cover published September 5, 1960, featuring author Ernest Hemingway. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection \u00a9 Meredith Corporation)<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5355067 desc=\"Asset ID: 13050986. \" caption=\"British entertainer Noel Coward in middle of desert, dressed for his nightclub act. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/15152155\/Coward_IC2-e1571152915771-992x1024.jpg\" alt=\"British entertainer Noel Coward in middle of desert, dressed for his nightclub act. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\"><\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">British entertainer Noel Coward in middle of desert, dressed for his nightclub act. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection \u00a9 Meredith Corporation)<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_5d9f8f7f9b659\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5355068 desc=\"Asset ID: 17824240. \" caption=\"John Dominis\/The LIFE Picture Collection \/ Shutterstock\" title=\"Steve McQueen aims a pistol in his living room.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/15152047\/115054065-e1571152847421-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"Steve McQueen aims a pistol in his living room. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Steve McQueen aims a pistol in his living room.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">John Dominis\/The LIFE Picture Collection \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_5da5e388203f2\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5355069 desc=\"Asset ID: 13050992. \" caption=\"A man flying off a trampoline at Santa Monica Beach. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/15152022\/Trampoline_IC2-e1571152821648-1001x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A man flying off a trampoline at Santa Monica Beach. (Photo by Loomis Dean\/The LIFE Picture Collection &copy; Meredith Corporation)\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\"><\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A man flying off a trampoline at Santa Monica Beach. 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