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In his earliest work Allan Grant demonstrated the kind of legendary skill and enterprise characteristic of a LIFE photographer. Grant's photograph of V.E. Day in Times Square and the U.S.S. Enterprise entering New York Harbor at dawn in 1945 are haunting images. On election night in 1946 in his campaign headquarters Congressman Joe Martin (long-time Speaker of the House) was captured on film by Grant in what many consider to be one of the finest political studies of all time. The "movie still" clarity and the Norman Rockwell story-telling quality of the Martin photograph were the result of tenacious planning, lighting and arranging. LIFE was, once again, impressed but not surprised. The Joe Martin picture was spread across two pages in the November 18, 1946 issue and within six weeks Allan Grant was made a permanent member of the prestigious LIFE photographic staff. His freelance days were over 18 months after they started. Grant was also the last to photograph Marilyn Monroe. His photographs of Marilyn captured a rare poetic quality despite her inner turmoil at the time. (She died three weeks later.)
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