Jack Leigh | |
Birth Date: | 1948 11, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Known For: | Photography |
John David Leigh II (November 8, 1948 – May 19, 2004) was an American photographer and author, known for the cover photograph on John Berendt's novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.[1] The photograph featured the Bird Girl statue from Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia,[2] where he is now buried.[3]
Leigh was a native of Savannah, and a graduate of the Savannah Country Day School and the University of Georgia. Already well known locally as a portrait and documentary photographer, Leigh was commissioned by Random House for the photograph. Leigh wrote and published five books on photography. His former photo gallery was a popular tourist attraction in the historic district of downtown Savannah.[4]
Leigh died May 19, 2004, in Savannah, of colon cancer.