Loomis Dean (September 19, 1917 – December 7, 2005)[1] was a veteran Life Magazine photographer[2] who shot pictures of circus clowns, crown princes, celebrities, Madagascar lemurs, and SS Andrea Doria survivors in a five-decade long career.
His low-key manner disarmed his subjects and put them at ease, enabling Dean to capture such images as the prince of Liechtenstein in his long johns and Noël Coward in a tuxedo in the desert.
He was an Army Air Forces photographer in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, and he later got his first job as a press agent for the Ringling Brothers circus.
In 1947, he joined the staff of Life, photographing celebrities including Elvis Presley,[3] Lucille Ball,[4] Noël Coward,[5] Ernest Hemingway,[6] and Liberace.
The winning color photograph showed white-robed bishops bearing the pope's tiara marching in solemn procession through St. Peter's Square.