HOLLY BOWER

BOWER--Holly Gwendolyn, an American still-photo- grapher, died peacefully in Switzerland on January 19, 2023. She was eighty-five years old. After suing local 644, IATSE, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, she became the first female still- photographer in the motion picture industry. What followed was a resume that includes over forty feature films and television shows. Standing out among a list of notable credits ("Marathon Man," "Saturday Night Fever," "Kramer vs. Kramer") is Sydney Pollack's "Three Days of the Condor" during which Mr. Pollack tapped Ms. Bower to shoot the lonely, evocative photos that hang on Faye Dunaway's character's wall. Ms. Bower was a true native New Yorker -- a motorcycle-riding, loft-dwelling denizen of downtown. Later in life, a resident of the renowned Chelsea Hotel. She contracted the polio virus at four years old and continued, throughout her life, to battle its damaging effects on her legs. She did not allow this to dim her humor or limit her creative participation on many movie sets. Ms. Bower was known for her remarkable energy and indomitable spirit. She left the world on her own terms in her own way. Surviving relatives are Rebecca, Matt, Timothy, Sasha, Ariel and David.