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Salvador Dali and his wife, Gala by Martha Holmes (From the collection of LIFE Photo Collection)
Sep 29, 2006 · She is survived by daughters Anne Holmes Waxman and Terry Holmes Waxman Koshel, as well as two grandchildren. Her husband died in 1998.
Martha Holmes (1923-2006) was one of those photographers who strove to make her subjects took good. She would find their best side, shadow their thinning hair or even touch up the picture afterwards. “If they know you’re on their side—and I am—that helps,” Holmes once said.
Photographer Martha Holmes was assigned the task of capturing the magic of the newly minted star. One of the few women who were on the photography staff at LIFE, the Kentucky-born Holmes was featured in New-York Historical Society’s 2019 exhibition LIFE: Six Women Photographers.
Oct 12, 2012 · LIFE. politics. LIFE With First Ladies, From Eleanor Roosevelt to Hillary Clinton. 2 minute read. Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt walks with children en route to a picnic, 1948. Martha...