invited to the wedding reception of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Around 1950, a friend told him of a "hot tomato" who had just signed with Twentieth Century-Fox. He took a series of pictures of a then unknown Marilyn Monroe which were not published at the time; much later, they came to light during a search of Lifes archives. He was also in the good graces of presidents. He took a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower using a Mathew Brady camera. On Eisenhower's last day as President, Clark was the only photographer permitted in the Oval Office. Another memorable photo showed then Senator John F. Kennedy spending time with his baby daughter Caroline. The Kennedys were so pleased with the result that it hung in the Oval Office after he was elected, and Jackie Kennedy asked for 75 copies. In 1955, Clark received an unexpected invitation from the Soviet Union. He became the first Western photographer allowed behind the Iron Curtain in 30 years. The same year, Edward Steichen included his work in MoMA's blockbuster, world-touring The Family of Man exhibition, seen by more than nine million people. Due to budgetary cutbacks, Life let go a third of its photographic staff in 1963, Ed Clark among them. By then, his vision had become impaired due to a cataract. Later life He became a building contractor in Bethesda, Maryland or Washington. In 1982, a doctor removed his cataract and implanted a new lens, restoring his vision. With his eyesight restored, he took pictures for publications such as the Washingtonian and the Ladies Home Journal. In 1990, he was awarded the Photographic Society of America's Understanding Through Photography Award. He took some courses on modern methods of black-and-white and color printing at Nashville State Tech. He later donated his collection to that institution. Ed Clark and his wife Joyce moved to Sarasota, Florida. He died there on January 22, 2000, at the age of 88. His first wife, Garnet, predeceased him. He was survived by Joyce, his son Tom (from his first marriage), two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. References External links Time magazine article about Clark's photograph of Graham Jackson, including the photo Life magazine article "The Photography of Edward Clark", including photos of Clark, John F. Kennedy/Caroline Kennedy and Graham Jackson 1911 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American photographers Life (magazine) photojournalists People from Nashville, Tennessee