Smashing signing to start 2019 here from London based photo agency eyevine who now represent mptv images exclusively in the UK.
eyevine told PhotoArchiveNews.com: ‘Founded by photographer Sid Avery the archive at MPTV Images contains a host of truly iconic images. “Sid shot almost every cinema giant of the mid-20th century and pulled off a feat surpassing even that: he captured them unguarded, stripping away the studio and P.R. artifice to find the people hiding underneath.” Vanity Fair 2014. With a current roster of over 60 photographers, Sid’s son, Ron Avery, currently manages a bustling and continually expanding Archive with a lineup of talent that includes such photographers as Bob Willoughby, Mark Shaw, Bruce McBroom, Sanford Roth and Bobby Holland, to name a few. Quality is unsurpassed as these are the digital equivalent of original prints. Every dip into the archive discovers unseen gems and different edits of old classics waiting for a wider audience.’
View and license the collection HERE
Image supplied © 1978 Sid Avery Credit / mptvimages / eyevine: The Rat Pack refers to a group of entertainers centered on the Las Vegas casino scene that also called itself “the Summit” or “the Clan”, featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop among others.