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Ed Clark's career as a professional photographer spanned a period of 60 years, during which time he became an internationally known photojournalist. Born in Nashville, Mr. Clark dropped out of high school to join the Nashville Tennessean as a staff photographer. He had never used a professional camera before, but he was 'willing and cheap." As time passed he became the crack photographer for the Tennessean and his pictures were being widely bought by newspapers and magazines in the U.S., the UK, Denmark and Holland. In 1936 he became a stringer for LIFE magazine, and in 1944 he joined its staff. It was the picture of Sergeant Alvin York, World War I hero, enlisting for service that caught LIFE's eye, and they ran it for two pages, invited him to Washington, gave him a few assignments and offered him a job. Clark initially turned it down as he did not want to leave Nashville, but he began freelancing regularly for LIFE. Eighteen months later he joined LIFE's photographic staff, where he worked for 22 years. During that time, his assignments took him to Beverly Hills, Paris, Moscow, London and Washington D.C.
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