Bob Stein remembered
Posted by George on July 28th, 2014 in Media, Opinion, Publications

Shot for Redbook Magazine Tay Sach’s story 1962. ©George Zimbel
The last time we saw him was at the PBS party for the release of their Marilyn Monroe show. A guy came up behind me and whispered “It’s Bob”. I turned , recognized him, started crying and kissed him on the forehead in that order. We had communicated by email, but I hadn’t seen him for a very long time.
The mark of Bob’s editorship was an understanding of the important issues facing so called ordinary people. He realized that there are NO “ordinary people”. With this he transformed Redbook and McCalls and influenced all of the women’s magazines. Among the homemaker and fashion pieces he published serious articles about women’s issues and family issues.
I learned from his assignments that an “ordinary” subject could lead to seriously interesting photographs . He did not always agree with my choice but he explained why. He had his vision. He went by it.
To me, he was a great friend, a constant friend, and so, another missing friend.
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