American Cinematographer - March 2009 - (Page 54) Member AVeryActive The ASC honors Isidore Mankofsky, ASC with its Presidents Award. by Douglas Bankston hen he was a child, future ASC member Isidore Mankofsky didn’t sit in a darkened theater and see a classic film that wowed him. His parents weren’t artists. He didn’t take any art classes, and he never went to the ballet or opera. He W 54 March 2009 didn’t even own a camera, but when the time came for a career decision, he plucked “photographer” seemingly out of thin air. “When I was in high school, somewhere along the line, it dawned on me that I’d like to do photography,” he says with a shrug. “I don’t know where that came from.” He got his first camera just before he joined the U.S. Air Force, which took him to Korea. He recalls, “It was a 35mm Argus C3, and I’m not sure how it came into my hands, but it wasn’t with me for long — after it got plenty of use in basic training, I lost it in a poker
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