By Daryl Lang
© Christophe Tedjasukmana
Tom Hollyman
Photographer and filmmaker
Tom Hollyman, a former president
of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, died November 14
in Austin, Texas.
He was 89 and died after battling COPD (chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease), according to his daughter, photographer
Stephenie Hollyman.
Trained as a photojournalist, Hollyman specialized in travel
photography for many years, shooting for
Holiday and
Town
and Country magazines. He also served as the director of
photography for the 1963 movie version of
Lord of the
Flies.
Thomas Benton Hollyman was born in Denver in 1919. He
graduated from Central Missouri State University in 1940 and became
one of the first students to earn a Master’s degree in
photojournalism from the University of Missouri. From there, he
joined the Chicago Bureau of Acme Newspictures, and later became a
staff photographer for the
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
In World War II Hollyman served in the Air Force and was stationed
in the Pentagon working on photo intelligence.
After the war, Hollyman joined
Holiday Magazine as a staff
photographer, working under photo editor
Frank Zachery. It
was there he met his first wife, fellow travel photographer
Jean
Burnes. Later, working with advertising executive
David
Ogilvy, Hollyman shot campaigns for Mercedes, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, P & O Orient Steamship company and other
accounts.
In the 1960s, Hollyman moved into television, producing educational
films, a travel documentary and commercials. In 1963, British
director
Peter Brook tapped him as director of photography
for the movie adaptation of Lord of the Flies, which was produced
in Puerto Rico, where Hollyman had moved in 1957.
Hollyman was president of the American Society of Magazine
Photographers (now called the American Society of Media
Photographers) from 1969 to 1971 and later served on the ASMP
President’s Advisory Council and Advisory Board.
He continued shooting photos through the 1990s, and moved to
Austin, Texas in 2006.
He is survived by his son,
Burnes St. Patrick Hollyman, his
daughter Stephenie, and three grandchildren.
A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. November 30 at St.
Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Ave., New York, N.Y.
Photographer and Filmmaker Tom Hollyman Dies at 89
Nov 18, 2009
By Daryl Lang
Tom Hollyman
Photographer and filmmaker
Tom Hollyman, a former president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, died November 14 in Austin, Texas.
He was 89 and died after battling COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), according to his daughter, photographer
Stephenie Hollyman.
Trained as a photojournalist, Hollyman specialized in travel photography for many years, shooting for
Holiday and
Town and Country magazines. He also served as the director of photography for the 1963 movie version of
Lord of the Flies.
Thomas Benton Hollyman was born in Denver in 1919. He graduated from Central Missouri State University in 1940 and became one of the first students to earn a Master’s degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri. From there, he joined the Chicago Bureau of Acme Newspictures, and later became a staff photographer for the
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
In World War II Hollyman served in the Air Force and was stationed in the Pentagon working on photo intelligence.
After the war, Hollyman joined
Holiday Magazine as a staff photographer, working under photo editor
Frank Zachery. It was there he met his first wife, fellow travel photographer
Jean Burnes. Later, working with advertising executive
David Ogilvy, Hollyman shot campaigns for Mercedes, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, P & O Orient Steamship company and other accounts.
In the 1960s, Hollyman moved into television, producing educational films, a travel documentary and commercials. In 1963, British director
Peter Brook tapped him as director of photography for the movie adaptation of Lord of the Flies, which was produced in Puerto Rico, where Hollyman had moved in 1957.
Hollyman was president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers (now called the American Society of Media Photographers) from 1969 to 1971 and later served on the ASMP President’s Advisory Council and Advisory Board.
He continued shooting photos through the 1990s, and moved to Austin, Texas in 2006.
He is survived by his son,
Burnes St. Patrick Hollyman, his daughter Stephenie, and three grandchildren.
A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. November 30 at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Ave., New York, N.Y.
