Ron Laytner

Ron Laytner is one of the most widely syndicated photo journalists of modern times. He has covered many of the world’s major stories and fed magazines and newspapers around the world with stories that fascinate readers and editors alike.

Born in Canada, he started his career as a young freelance photographer for he Toronto Telegram Newspaper, where he set records for front page pictures. After winning the National Newspaper Award for a photograph of a Brownie kicking a Girl Scout, he was hired by the Toronto Star. Soon he was pursuing stories for Life Magazine, Paris Match, The London Sunday Times and hundreds of other publications around the world. Recently the London Sunday Times Magazine included 'The Brownie' photograph Laytner took at the beginning of his career as one of The Greatest Photographs ever taken. That same photo was also featured in 'The Best of Life ' and in the 1964 World's Fair at the Eastman Kodak Pavilion.

With over fifty years of great photos behind him, Laytner is looking ahead and in addition to his book on Howard Hughes, written for the New York Times from his interviews with Robert Mahue, he is working on a book of his many adventures, and entering the art world by storm with some of his greatest works of photographic and historic importance.