Jacqueline Kennedy Original Photograph Taken By Jacques Lowe for Sale

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Jacqueline Kennedy Original Photograph Taken By Jacques Lowe For Sale

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Jacqueline Kennedy Original Photograph Taken By Jacques Lowe:
$500.00

Jacques Lowe Original Photograph of Jacqueline Kennedy, with Jacques Lowe stamp on the backside.

This original photograph is of Jackie Kennedy on the beach by the sea of their Massachusetts home in August 1960. Developed on contact paper measuring 8 inches by 10 inches. Image is 6 inches by 9 1/2 inches. Black and White. Rare photograph that was profiled in Jacques Lowe’s book in tribute to Jackie, titled “Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - A Tribute by Jacques Lowe.” This specific photo appears on page 81. These are one of a kind photographs by JFK’s personal photographer. Most of his work was destroyed in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, where he stored his photographs and negatives. Very rare and highly collectible.

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Jacques Lowe became John F Kennedy's presidential campaign photographer in 1960 and, after his election victory over Richard Nixon, became the first family's personal photographer after turning down an official White House photographer role. It was a wise decision to decline the restrictive job on staff in favor unprecedented access to the family both in and out of Washington. Kennedy's term in office became known as one of the most captivating periods of 20th-century US history, and Lowe was on hand to document what went on behind the scenes.

What do you do when, as a photographer, you are told your image archive is so precious that it's uninsurable? The answer for Jacques Lowe, whose images helped create the legend of John F Kennedy, was to store them in JP Morgan's seemingly impregnable vault in Tower 5 of New York's World Trade Center. But then 9/11 came, and his life's work went with it.

After the terror attack, Jacques Lowe's daughter, Thomasina, campaigned to try and retrieve her father's archive from the twin tower's rubble before they were razed. Amazingly, the safe in which they were stored was found intact, but the contents – over 40,000 negatives – were reduced to ash.

These photographs have sold for as much as $2,000. Similar photograph currently being offered here on for $4,125. Very desirable for the Kennedy collector.