David Spindel Signed "Village People" 15x19 Photo (PA)

Photo measures approximately 15" x 19" in size has been hand-signed by the photographer, David Spindel.

Born August 31, 1941, David M. Spindel grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. He studied with Minor White, Ralph Hattersley, Dr. Richard Zakia, and Robert Bagby, Leslie Stroebel and graduated in 1964. He went on to create numerous baseball posters and other products that sold worldwide and at The National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was commissioned for limited edition projects with: Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, and many others.

He has also photographed a variety of icons of the entertainment field. Some of his favorite celebrities he became friends with were Kate Hepburn, Bette Davis, Chuck Connors, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Eli Wallach, and Anne Jackson to mention a few. He's also known for his work on movie posters such as Broadway Danny Rose, Tattoo, The Producers and his favorite and most famous poster “PLATOON.”

John Lennon and Yoko Ono hired Spindel to photograph their Double Fantasy recording session. Spindel’s photographs have been published in numerous books, and licensed for CDs, videos, documentary films, posters, and the Why Hunger/Bermuda Tapes App. David was deeply honored when Yoko reproduced his photographs of John on a CD cover and back cover titled “JOHN LENNON ACOUSTIC.” There were also some additional photos in the booklet that accompanied this CD.

Following esteemed recognition for his baseball memorabilia photography, Abbeville Press signed Spindel to an eight-book publishing contract for the Major League Memories Series. The books are filled with hundreds of photographs of memorabilia of eight major league teams. The New York Yankees, The Dodgers both Brooklyn and Los Angeles, the Giants both New York and San Francisco, the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs, The St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and the Baltimore Orioles. His photographs and Limited Editions decorate corporate offices of numerous baseball stadiums, are on exhibit in galleries internationally.

As Regis Philbin said on more than one occasion…” David, is a bit eccentric but you have to put up with him because he is an absolute genius.”

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