Zerbe, Jerome, 1904-1988
<p>Jerome Zerbe (July 24, 1904, Euclid, Ohio – August 19, 1988) was an American photographer. He was one of the originators of a genre of photography that is now common: celebrity paparazzi. Zerbe was a pioneer in the 1930s of shooting photographs of the famous at play and on-the-town. According to the cocktail recipe book Bottoms Up (1951), he is also credited with inventing the vodka martini.</p>
<p>Zerbe differed from the common paparazzo in a major way: he never hid in bushes or jumped out and surprised the rich and famous he was photographing. Rather, Zerbe often traveled and vacationed with the film stars themselves. As one biographer[who?] stated, Zerbe never rode in a rented limousine, and his coat pocket always had in it an engraved invitation to the high-society events ...</p>
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Name Entry: Zerbe, Jerome, 1904-1988
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Name Entry: Zerbe, Jerome Brainard, 1904-1988
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Place: United States
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