It is an image representing ordinary men caught up in extraordinary circumstances that has become recognized worldwide as one of the most iconic representations of 20th century American photography. The most notable of the images that he took of the project was the photo of the workmen having lunch on a beam 700 feet above the Manhattan skyline. That year he did just that, having captured multiple front-page and feature story images.
His assignment was to take photos that would gain widespread notoriety for the center and thus help lease it out during the economically tough post-depression times that surrounded its completion. His daring led to many early aerial photos, action and wildlife shots the likes of which had not been seen before.īy the early 1930s, his reputation for eye-catching photographic excellence was spreading rapidly and in 1932 he was contracted to work on behalf as of the new Rockefeller Center as their photographic director covering the massive construction project. A born adventurer, during this time he also became an auto racer, wrestler, avid hunter, fisherman and pilot. For the next several years, he honed his craft as he did photographic work traveling throughout the southeast. It was there he began to work toward the idea of making a living taking pictures. The family was struggling in the 1920’s as was much of the country, so Charlie left school after 10 th grade and moved to Montgomery, Alabama to begin working at a newspaper in the city.
He got his first camera, a Kodak Brownie, at age 8. Charles Clyde Ebbets was born on Augin Gadsden, Alabama.
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