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Authors, works and languages of the image
Alfred Wertheimer
Elvis Reading Newspaper, 1956
"Elvis Reading Newspaper", 1956. © Alfred Wertheimer.
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Introduction
The author of this iconic shot is Alfred Wertheimer, a young freelance photographer commissioned by RCA Victor to shadow an emerging twenty-one-year-old singer named Elvis Presley. This body of work transcends mere promotional photography to ascend as a historical document of inestimable sociological and anthropological value.
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