George
Grantham Bain (January
7, 1865 – April 20, 1944) was a New
York photographer. He was known
as "the father of foreign photographic news".
He
was born in Chicago on January 7, 1865 to George Bain and Clara Mather, he grew
up in St. Louis. He graduated in 1890 from St.
Louis University with a law
degree. Originally working for United
Press, he founded the first news photography service Bain News Servicein 1898. His
news photo service, including portraits and worldwide news events, had special
emphasis on life in New York
City. The Bain News Service accumulated photographs of worldwide
coverage which were distributed to various newspapers and was enhanced by
receiving local pictures from its photo service subscribers as part of their
reimbursement. The range of subjects includes: celebrities, parades, sports
events, immigration, political events, aviation, World War I, and the Mexican
Revolution.
He
died in 1944 in Manhattan.
Most of his photographs date from the 1900s (decade)
to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and
as late as the 1930s. About 40,000 negatives of his photographs reside at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division and
many are scanned and online
All images © George Grantham Bain
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