Tom Arma,"the most published baby photographer in the world" began his photographic career as a teenager when he was hired by the largest circulation newspaper of its time,the New York Daily News, as their youngest staff photographer. At the Daily News, he covered many diverse assignments including political conventions, the Woodstock Music Festival, The Beatles invasion, President Nixon's rise and fall, as well as every facet of big city life: the fires, the murders, the poor, the privileged, the famous and the infamous!

After several years of covering "hard" news,and hundreds of journalism awards later, he asked for reassignment to the Magazine section of the paper. It is there where, in color, he photographed the most famous stars of the time from his home base-The Beverly Hills

Hotel. Mega-stars such as Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, and Michael Caine, to name a few were the subjects of his covers.

In 1972 he began his work with babies. Tom was hooked, all the freshness he felt as a teenager shooting his first images came into play, as he saw he could capture the totally uninhibited beauty of a child. From that first assignment numerous others followed, and now, as the New York Times reported he is "the most published baby photographer in the world." (Feb.9,1997).

In the 1980's his work with costumed children graced the covers of magazines, including consecutive Christmas covers for Ladies Home Journal. In early 1990, to express his ecological concerns, Tom created his Please Save the Animals series of posters and greeting cards. This series of babies dressed in animal outfits designed by Tom was a huge success in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Over 50 TV ads have featured Tom Arma costumes.The Cincinnati Zoo's "Zoo Babies"commercial , directed by Tom and currently airing, has been a real hit for the zoo.

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