# Carroll Seghers II > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carroll_Seghers_II > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carroll_Seghers_II.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Seghers_II > Source revision: 1196544008 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American photographer}} '''Carroll Seghers II''' (May 28, 1924 – April 17, 2004) was an American photographer, who as a leading member of the creative photo revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, helped produce advertising for brands like [Texaco](/source/Texaco), [Marlboro](/source/Marlboro_(cigarette)), [American Express](/source/American_Express), [Chrysler](/source/Chrysler), [United Airlines](/source/United_Airlines), [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola) and [Kodak](/source/Kodak), among many others. Seghers spent almost four decades in advertising, winning several [Clio Awards](/source/Clio_Awards), as well as being a featured contributor to [Life Magazine](/source/Life_Magazine). Selected works are also included in the Permanent Collection of the [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art) in New York City. He rose to prominence by winning both the First Prize for Individual Pictures,{{cite journal|date=26 November 1951|title=Life Announces the Winner of the Young Photographers Contest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1QEAAAAMBAJ&q=Carroll+Seghers&pg=PA13|journal=Life Magazine|volume=31|issue=22|pages=15, 20, 30|access-date=2 May 2017}} as well as Second Honorable Mention in the Photo Story category of Life Magazine's Photo Contest for Young Professionals in 1951{{cite journal|date=26 November 1951|title=Complete List of the Winners Picture Story Division|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1QEAAAAMBAJ&q=Carroll+Seghers&pg=PA13|journal=Life Magazine|volume=31|issue=22|page=29|access-date=2 May 2017}} for his photos of black religious spiritualism. His work submitted beat photographer [Robert Frank](/source/Robert_Frank) for First Prize. == Early life == Carroll Seghers II was born in [Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati%2C_Ohio), and moved with his parents to [Coral Gables, Florida](/source/Coral_Gables%2C_Florida) when young. As a pilot and flight instructor during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Seghers was stationed in [Columbus, Mississippi](/source/Columbus%2C_Mississippi) and Sheppard Field in [Wichita Falls, Texas](/source/Wichita_Falls%2C_Texas), where he was one of the first 19 helicopter pilots in the [Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces).{{Cite web|url=http://www.genlookups.com/nm/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/101|title=New Mexico Obituary and Death Notice Archive - Page 101|last=Cribbs|first=Bill|website=www.genlookups.com|access-date=2017-05-02}} His photographic talent was first discovered while on his honeymoon in Europe, when he snapped a picture of the street capture of a famous thief by French police, which was immediately solicited by newspaper and wire services. It was an experience that transformed him forever. It was on this honeymoon where he formed a friendship with fellow photographer [Ernst Haas](/source/Ernst_Haas). == Books published == In 1960, he co-produced a picture book on Colonial Williamsburg, titled, "Adventure in Williamsburg".{{cite book|title=Adventure in Williamsburg|date=1960|publisher=Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.|edition=1st|last1=Seghers|first1=Carroll II}} In 1979, he wrote and photographed the subjects for a book on women mountain climbers, titled "The Peak Experience (Hiking and Climbing for Women)", published by Bobbs-Merrill Inc.{{cite book|title=The Peak Experience: Hiking and Climbing for Women|url=https://archive.org/details/peakexperiencehi0000segh|url-access=registration|date=1979|publisher=Bobbs-Merrill|isbn=0672524880|location=Indianapolis|last1=Seghers|first1=Carroll II}} == Selected awards == * First Prize for Individual Pictures, Life Magazine, 1951 * Second Honorable Mention for Photo Story Category, Life Magazine, 1951 * Best of Series, First Place Awards, Missouri School of Journalism, 1955{{Cite journal|date=19 April 1955|title=Journalism Awards are Announced|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/14814065/|journal=Pampa Daily News|page=7}} == Other notable work == He shot the cast of the TV show ''[I've Got a Secret](/source/I've_Got_a_Secret)'' for the cover of [TV Guide Magazine in 1963](/source/List_of_TV_Guide_covers_(1960s)).{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/archive/suboffer/1960s/1963/19630810_c1.jpg.html|title=The Cover Archive: August 10, 1963|website=TV Guide Magazine|publisher=TV Guide Magazine, LLC|access-date=2 May 2017}} == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Seghers, Carroll}} Category:1924 births Category:2004 deaths Category:20th-century American photographers Category:People from Cincinnati Category:People from Coral Gables, Florida Category:United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Carroll Seghers II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Seghers_II) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Seghers_II?action=history)). 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