I.C. Rapoport

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  • When I Met Marlon Brando

    When I Met Marlon Brando

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    Brando and Me July 1971 It was to be my first feature film. Edgar Scherick of Palomar Pictures in New York had hired me to adapt an Algis Budrys short story (it had appeared in the Saturday Evening Post) into a screenplay. Chokeberry Bay was completed in the fall of 1969 and went through two…

  • Fateful Introduction to Sports Illustrated

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    MARBLE CHAMPIONSHIP (July 1961) My photographs of Fidel Castro and Marilyn Monroe for Paris Match gave me entrée into the prestigious Time-Life Publications. LIFE and TIME were particularly choosy as to who should represent them out in the world, and it was well known that working for LIFE magazine was the top of the line…

  • Marilyn from the Window – March 1961

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    MARILYN  MONROE (March 1961) From the moment I arrived back in New York, Mary and I were never apart (with the exception of my travels away on assignments). In early March, Paris Match had me visit Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in upper Manhattan. Marilyn Monroe was a patient there and no one knew why she had…

  • Santa Maria, San Juan PR, and Mary Feder Part 2

    Santa Maria, San Juan PR, and Mary Feder Part 2

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    THANKS TO CAPTAIN GALVÃO and THANKS TO RICHARD STEEDMAN Part Two   (January, 1961) When I rang up Dick he was excited to hear that I was down on the island and we made a lunch date to meet at my hotel. He was curious as to what it looked like inside having watched it…

  • Santa Maria, San Juan PR, and Mary Feder Part 1

    Santa Maria, San Juan PR, and Mary Feder Part 1

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    THANKS TO CAPTAIN GALVÃO and THANKS TO RICHARD STEEDMAN Part One   (January, 1961) What I didn’t get in the way of usable photographs from my few days on the cold Atlantic were more than made up for in my next assignment for Paris Match. To make this clear, though I wasn’t left with even one…

  • Pop Arts

    Pop Arts

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    CLAES OLDENBURG – ARTIST (June 1960)             I had attended Ohio University with many accomplished talents. In the photo department: LOOK magazine and Magnum photographers Paul Fusco and James Karales, also, Newsweek photographer Robert McElroy and Judy Buswink (Ross) who went on to become a NY Times photographer in London. And…

  • The French Trotting Horse That Ate Artichokes

    The French Trotting Horse That Ate Artichokes

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    JAMIN (August 1959)     Once again, my boss Paul Slade was off shooting a story in Hollywood or somewhere glamorous and I was asked by Stephane Grueff to accompany Match reporter Philippe de Bausset to Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, Long Island to photograph a French  wonder, a trotting horse named Jamin who was not famous…

  • Fidel Comes to New York

    Fidel Comes to New York

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    FIDEL CASTRO (April 1959)      Three and a half months after he removed dictator Batista from power in Havana, revolutionary Fidel Castro, the Presidente of Cuba, and his band of romantic, world-wide heroes, came to New York on an unofficial visit. It was, April 1959, and it signaled the springtime of a new deal…

  • Published in Paris Match!

    Published in Paris Match!

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      “QUI EST RAPOPORT”…THEROND (July 1959)      [x_button shape=”square” size=”large” float=”right” href=”http://gallery.icrapoport.com/-/galleries/ussrusa-track-meet-1959″ title=”I.C. Rapoport Photo Gallery” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]See Photo Gallery[/x_button] One month into the summer of 1959, I received a call from Stephane. Paul was occupied on another assignment and would not be available to cover a weekend assignment in Philadelphia. Was I…

  • Why Dreams Matter – I Take a Chance at Paris Match

    Why Dreams Matter – I Take a Chance at Paris Match

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    PARIS MATCH (1959) I hope Ohio University forgives me for only attending two years well they should. After all, having spend those two years in the Photo Department to the neglect of my “important” studies, I went on to become a successful  photojournalist working for the best and greatest publications.  Like Paris Match for instance, one of…

  • First Published Photos – Jubilee Magazine

    First Published Photos – Jubilee Magazine

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    SOMEBODY UP THERE BELIEVES IN ME (1958)      Before going to join Mike Amberger in San Juan, I had the presence of mind to contact the editor of Jubilee Magazine, a slick Catholic publication that was making a name for itself by giving a head start to several soon-to-be-great photojournalists, not the least of…