MARK S.

Mark was an American fashion and celebrity photographer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Best known for his photographs of Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy, which he first founded for LIFE magazine and later as the Kennedys' unofficial family photographer. He developed a strong friendship with the Kennedy family and regularly visited the White House during their tenure. But Mark was above all a fashion and advertising photographer whose assignments for LIFE magazine enabled him to photograph some of the most notable celebrities of the 1950s, such as :
Pablo Picasso, Brigitte Bardot, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Jackie Gleason, Danny Kaye, Gary Grant, Yves Saint Laurent, Lee Radziwill, Nico of the Velvet Underground, Coco Chanel and his second wife, singer and actress Pat Suzuki, mother of his only child, David. His photographs of Audrey Hepburn, originally shot for LIFE in 1953, are the subject of Audrey's Charmed, published in 2009.
Mark began his career in 1946 at Harper's Bazaar and soon after began shooting for Mademoiselle, where he met his first wife Geri Trotta. 
Mark Shaw worked in photography and film until his untimely death in 1969 at the age of 47. After his death, most of his work was hastily put into storage. All but a small number of photographs remained unseen for over 40 years. In 1996, Shaw's only child, David Shaw, and David's wife, Juliet Cuming, founded The Mark Shaw Photographic Archive.