IBM Building
Maker
Kotalik, Bob
DateAugust 20, 1970
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionspaper: 7 7/16 in x 9 3/8 in
Credit LineGift of the David and Reva Logan Foundation
Object number1988:223
About the ArtistAn award-winning press photographer, Bob Kotalik spent the majority of his lengthy career at the Chicago Sun-Times. He started at the newspaper in the mid-1940s as a copy boy. After serving in the Army Signal Corps for two years during World War II, Kotalik returned to the Sun-Times in 1947 and was hired as a photographer. In 1972, he became the newspaper's chief photographer, and he worked for the publication for 47 years, until his retirement in 1990.
