Julia Scully
was born in Seattle and moved with her mother and sister to Alaska before the
outbreak of World War II. She attended Nome High School, graduated from
Stanford, and came to New York to work in the magazine business. She was editor
of Modern Photography for twenty
years and was also the codiscoverer of the now-renowned body of photographic
portraits by Mike Disfarmer. The author or editor of several books, she lives
in Manhattan.
