Eliot Elisofon Retrospective

Gypsy Rose Lee writing The G-String Murders.

"A LIFE editor, Ray Mackland, in reviewing the work of the young Eliot Elisofon, began to grow tired of Eliot’s ceaseless assertiveness and self-promotion. Finally he had enough and complained to Elisofon, "I just don’t understand how you can keep introducing yourself as ‘the greatest LIFE photographer’." Eliot considered the matter for a moment and then replied, "You’re right. You should be doing it for me." ..."

“To Help The World To See”, An Eliot Elisofon Retrospective
Eliot at Art.com.