August 8, 1941- November 13, 2021
Stanley Einzig founded the premier tradeshow photography company in America in 1964 and for more than 40 years he was considered the “dean of tradeshow photographers.” During his long career, he won many awards and received the prestigious “Diamond Award” from the Professional Photographers of America.
He began his career photographing the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for magazines including Life, Vogue and Cosmopolitan, and was also the personal photographer to surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, shooting and cataloging Dalí’s artwork and events. Some highlights of his career included being backstage with The Beatles at Ed Sullivan Theater in 1964, shooting U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush, and Apple’s Steve Jobs during the introduction of the iPod in 2001.
Frances Ferrante, senior editor of Trade Show Executive magazine, wrote a beautiful tribute to Stan available at https://tradeshowexecutive.com/the-amazing-life-and-legacy-of-stan-einzig. She spoke with his son, David Einzig, founder of VIP Guest Invites and IndustryConnect, as well as industry luminaries such as Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (Stan photographed the first CES show in 1967 in 
NYC and continued to shoot the show for more than 30 years); Chris Brown, executive V.P., Conventions and Business Opps, National Association of Broadcasters; Sam Lippman, producer of the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum; Tony Calanca, principal, Calanca & Associates, who managed domestic and international trade and consumer shows for Reed Exhibitions (RX), Advanstar, UBM and Informa; Rick Simon, president & CEO of United Service Companies; and Robbi Lycett, president, Lycett Consulting, about their memories of working with Stan.
He is survived by his wife (and, for many years, business partner) Marlene (pictured left) and three children: David, Steve and Nancy.
This story originally appeared in the Jan./Feb./Mar. 2022 issue of Exhibit City News, p. 70. For original layout, visit https://issuu.com/exhibitcitynews/docs/ecn_q1_2022.
