David Scherman Explained

David E. Scherman
Birth Name:	David Edward Scherman
Birth Date:	2 March 1916
Birth Place:	Manhattan, New York U.S.
Death Place:	Stony Point, New York
Field:	Photojournalism, editing
Training:	Dartmouth College
Works:	The Best of Life, 1973

David E. Scherman (March 2, 1916  - May 5, 1997) was an American photojournalist and editor.

Born in Manhattan to a Jewish family,^[1] he grew up in New Rochelle, New York and then attended Dartmouth College. He graduated in 1936 and became a photographer for Life magazine, covering World War II. He teamed up with a Condé Nast Publications photographer Lee Miller for many of these assignments. One photograph by Scherman of Miller in the bathtub of Adolf Hitler's apartment in Munich is one of the most iconic images from the Miller-Scherman partnership.

Scherman changed career from photographer to editor and was employed as senior editor when Life magazine ceased its weekly format in 1972. He died of cancer at age 81^[2]

Publications

Scherman contributed as an editor and author to various Life and photography publications including:

• The Best of Life, 1973,
• With John R. McCrary - First of the Many, 1981,
• With Rosemarie Redlich - Literary America: A Chronicle of American Writers from 1607-1952, 1978,
• With Richard Wilcox - Literary England: Photographs of Places Made Memorable in English Literature, 1944,
• With Antony Penrose - Lee Miller's War: Photographer and Correspondent With the Allies in Europe 1944-45, 1992,

External links

• News: David Scherman, 81, Editor Whose Photos Sank a Ship. HOLCOMB B. NOBLE. 7 May 1997. The New York Times.
• Web site: Scherman, David Edward. OCLC.

Notes and References

1. Web site: In Hitler's bath: Exhibition reveals how war photographer was haunted by Dachau.
2. News: David Scherman, 81, Editor Whose Photos Sank a Ship . The New York Times . Holcomb B. . Noble . 7 May 1997.