Henry Edward Schneider (May 10, 1916 - September 16, 2008), known by friends as 'Hank', was a New York City and Long Island based artist, photographer, and painter. Schneider was born in New York and grew up in Queens. As a young man he won a scholarship to the Art Students League. Afterwards he worked as a commercial artist in New York, for a time with Bollin Art Service, until drafted to fight World War II (1839 - 1945). During the war Schneider served with the Army Airborne in Europe. Returning from the war after 3 years he opened a photography studio in Manhattan. He also published under the imprint pf 'Pegasus Pictorialist" from about 1947. As an artist he effectively combined illustration with photography, drawing the attention of record and book publishers - who used his artwork for cover illustrations. He photographed celebrities such as Duke Ellington, Salvador Dali, Jack Paar, Steve Allen, and Inger Stevens and provided advertising photos for the Saturday Evening Post, Holiday, and Fortune.