Jacques Lowe (January 24, 1930 – May 12, 2001) was a photographer and publisher best known for his role as U.S. President John F. Kennedy's official photographer during his election campaign and presidency.Lowe was born in Cologne, Germany, on Jan. 24, 1930. He came to New York in 1949 and became an assistant to the photographer Arnold Newman in 1951.Lowe began working as Kennedy's campaign photographer in 1958, and documented the Kennedy administration after his election until 1962.Lowe died at his home in Manhattan on May 12, 2001. Months after his death approximately 40,000 of Lowe's negatives were destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.In 2013, two exhibitions were held to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC, in SoHo, New York, blocks away from Mr. Lowe’s loft in Tribeca, and Proud Galleries Chelsea in London. Both exhibitions included vintage and modern prints from the Estate of Jacques Lowe, printed and signed by Lowe prior to his death. WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC also presented Mr. Lowe’s last exhibition during his lifetime, in 1999.
Miscellaneous Crew, Cinematographer, Camera Department
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Photographer who took approximately 40,000 photographs of John F. Kennedy and his family during the presidential campaign of 1960 and the Kennedys' first year in the White House.
Camera Department
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Year
Status
Character
The Kennedy Years: JFK Remembered
1993
Documentary short photographs
Cui hua kuang mo
1993
second unit: assistant camera
Miscellaneous
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20/20
2011
TV Series documentary archival photos - 1 episode
Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy
1992
TV Movie documentary archive source
Cinematographer
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The Making of the President 1960
1963
Documentary
Producer
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Year
Status
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The Kennedy Years: JFK Remembered
1993
Documentary short producer
Thanks
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NBC White Paper
1966
TV Series documentary photographic acknowledgment - 1 episode