Robert Cameron (April 21, 1911 – November 10, 2009[1]) was a famed American photographer and author of numerous books featuring aerial photographs of numerous cities throughout the globe. He also invented a fad diet known as the Drinking Man's Diet.
Robert Cameron
Born
April 21, 1911
Died
November 10, 2009 (aged 98)
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
photographer and author
Known for
published books featuring aerial photographs of cities around the world
Cameron's book style consists of an aerial photograph with text and history of the site and occasionally on the opposing page a historical photo of the same site with text. The books are always all photographic and are primarily of large conurbations. His career began as a photographic journalist for the Des Moines Register in 1933. During the Second World War he worked as a photographer for the United States Department of War. He founded the publishing company Cameron and Company in 1964 with the publication of The Drinking Man's Diet, which went on to sell over 2.4 million copies worldwide in 13 different languages. His books of aerial photography include:
Above San Francisco
Above New York
Above Paris
Above London
Above Mexico City
Above Las Vegas
Above Chicago
Above Los Angeles
Above Washington
Above Seattle
Above San Diego
Above Carmel
Above Mackinac
Above Yosemite
Above Tahoe
Above Alcatraz
Above Petoskey
Above Harbor Springs
Above Makinak Island
In the 1991 film Defending Your Life, Cameron's books can be seen sitting on a coffee table, one of which features the film's fictitious city, Judgement City.
Drinking Man's Diet
Cameron was known for a fad diet he invented known as the Drinking Man's Diet. In 1964, he promoted the diet in his booklet The Drinking Man’s Diet: How to Lose Weight with a Minimum of Willpower.[2] The diet became popular and sold over 2.4 million copies in 13 languages.[2] The Drinking Man's Diet was a low-carb high-fat diet with plenty of meat and alcohol.[2][3][4]
It has been described as a predecessor to the Atkins diet and the Paleolithic diet.[3] A 1965 article in the Time Magazine, noted that "the book's contents are a cocktail of wishful thinking, a jigger of nonsense and a dash of sound advice."[5] Nutritionists such as Jean Mayer and Frederick J. Stare found the diet "ridiculous" and criticized it as unhealthy.[2][3] Dr. Philip L. White from the American Medical Association described the diet as "utter nonsense, has no scientific basis, and is chock-full of errors."[2]
References
^"Aerial photographer Robert Cameron dies". 2009-11-12.
^ abcdeTunc, Tanfer Emin. (2018). The “Mad Men” of Nutrition: The Drinking Man’s Diet and Mid-Twentieth-Century American Masculinity. Global Food History 4 (2): 189-206.
^ abcSmith, Laura. (2017). "The Drinking Man’s Diet’ was the 1960s ancestor to Atkins and paleo—and it was a boozy bestseller". TimeLine. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^"Extreme Diets: Fads and Facts". Medscape. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^"Dieting: The Drinking Man's Danger". Time Magazine. March 5, 1965.
External links
Robert Cameron Portfolio Official Site,
Robert Cameron Official Site,
January 20, 2023
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