LYNN ST. JOHN

ST. JOHN--Lynn. Died on April 2, 2021 at the age of 86. A resident of Sag Harbor, he began an advertising and editorial photography career after seeing a photograph Irving Penn shot for Vogue in 1949 of a sleeping woman blurred behind a window screen upon which stood a sharply in-focus fly. The choice to feature the fly instead of the model inspired St. John, at the age of 18, to travel from Detroit to New York, knock on the famed photographer's door, and ask for a job. Having learned the trade and risen to studio manager, he soon went out on his own. For the next four decades, while living in Manhattan then London, he shot work for clients as diverse as Estee Lauder, Jello, Cuisine, Volvo and Heinz for whom he won a Cannes Gold Lion. He saw the world through a brilliant eye, told wonderful stories, and encouraged both his daughters to reach for the stars. His family requests that donations in his memory be made to The Humane Society of New York.