Dennis Stock

(French, b. U.S. 1928)

Untitled, from James Dean: A Memorial Portfolio, 1955/1979

The images in James Dean: A Memorial Portfolio were initially taken as a biographic photo-essay for Life magazine shortly before the actor’s death in 1955. Dennis Stock is a photojournalist who works primarily in the format of multiple-picture essays. In addition to having held the first exclusive photo rights on James Dean, Stock has extensively documented the behind-the scenes milieu of Hollywood stars and jazz celebrities.

Dennis Stock was born in New York in 1928 and currently resides in Menerbes, France. Stock has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1951. His photographs have appeared in other major publications, including Paris Match and Stern. He has worked as a writer, director, and producer for television and film, and has exhibited his work at the Art Institute of Chicago; International Center of Photography, New York; Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris; Schirm Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Stock, Dennis. Made in USA: Photographs, 1951-1971. Ostfildern, Germany: New York: Cantz ; Distributed in the USA by Distributed Art Publishers, 1995.

Stock, Dennis, and Michel-Claude Jalard. Plaisir du jazz. Lausanne: Editions Clairefontaine, 1959.

Stock, Dennis. Dennis Stock. Milano: Gruppo editoriale Fabbri, 1982.

Stock, Dennis. Dennis Stock: Americana. Milano: Editoriale Jaca Book, 1981.