Charles Weckler Jr., 79; Commercial and Ad Photographer
Charles A. Weckler Jr., 79, a noted commercial and advertising photographer, died Aug. 2 at a hospice in San Francisco of complications from cancer.
Born in Michigan, Weckler grew up in several Midwest states, and served in the Navy during World War II. After his discharge, he settled in Southern California, and graduated from the Fred Archer School of Photography in Los Angeles. He operated his own photo studio in Burbank and Glendale in the 1950s before moving his family to San Francisco in the early ‘60s.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Aug. 27, 2003 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday August 27, 2003 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 40 words Type of Material: Correction
Weckler obituary -- An obituary brief in Tuesday’s California section on photographer Charles Weckler Jr. stated that he published a book on the house and gardens of the artist Charles Monet. The correct name of the artist is Claude Monet.
According to an obituary on the American Society of Media Photographers Web site, Weckler was the first to do pictorial photographs for backgrounds of personal checks, used by Bank of America. He also was the first to photograph the horse-drawn stagecoaches for Wells Fargo Bank.
In 1990, he published “Impressions of Giverny,” a collection of photographs from the house and gardens of artist Charles Monet.
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