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Gene Trindl
Gene Trindl still
lives in his hometown of Los Angeles. He grew up the all-American
boy—first a Boy Scout and then serving in the Air Force.
As a young man, he went to Woodbury College and taught at
Pierce College in Woodland Hills.
His subjects are the faces
of Hollywood. His photographs and portraits are as legendary
as the famed celebrities that he has captured on film for
nearly half a century. Often described as amusing and yet
sentimental, his photographs provide an artist’s personal
and intimate look at the people who made Hollywood.
Trindl has placed photographs
in nearly all of the great magazines of the last century,
including Life and the Saturday Evening Post. He is best known
for his work for TV Guide, where Trindl is responsible for
more than 200 covers and upwards of 600 assignments, a record
for the publication. Trindl has also shot cover photographs
for numerous record albums, from the Partridge Family, "Christmas
Card" to Alice Cooper's, "The Essentials."
Trindl’s roster of
portrait subjects reads like a who’s who of the rich
and famous and includes notables such as Frank Sinatra, Louis
Armstrong, Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Jack Benny, George Burns,
Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Wells, Raymond Burr, Red Skelton,
Henry Fonda, and Fred Astair. His work has been showcased
by the Photographic Guild International and the Hollywood
Entertainment Museum.
His one-man show, "Hollywood:
the '50's and '60's" has been viewed by thousands across
the United States, lending him recognition as the master of
the celebrity photograph.
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