Lawrence Fried (b.June 28, 1926 – d.1983), was an American photo-journalists, whose work appeared in Newsweek, The Saturday Evening Post, The New York Times, Vogue, Collier's, and Parade Magazine.[1] with over 70 covers for NEWSWEEK [2]. Fried was the recipient of the Photographer of the Year award by the Overseas Press Club, the Outstanding Service to ASMP award and the Benjamin Franklin Award [3].Mr. Fried learned photography while serving in World War II. After the war he attended the University of Miami, then moved to New York City and began a 30-year career as a freelance photographer. He was a three-term president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, a trade organization, and a founding partner of the Image Bank, which represents the work of 300 photographers.[5]Partial list of people and subjects: Vietnam [6]. to world leaders such as Chang Kai-shek[7]. His photograph of Robert Kennedy, was chosen as the book cover of Kennedy's To Seek A Newer World[8] While riding in the presidential motorcade covering Lyndon Johnson for the Saturday Evening Post[9] his car caught on fire and his leap—cameras flinging in the air—was captured on the front page of many major newspapers including The New York Daily News.[10]He photographed musician, actors, and visual artists throughout his career. Bette Midler[11], Stevie Wonder [12], Meryl Streep [13], Shirley MacLaine [14], Richard Serra [15], Joseph Kosuth [16],and Willem DeKooning [17].