Jack Leigh
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Jack Leigh, a native of Savannah, Georgia was a photographer and author, best known for the cover photograph on the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The photograph itself, largely considered a major factor in the success of the novel, featured the "Bird Girl" statue from the Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah.
Already well known locally as a portrait and documentary photographer, Leigh was commissioned by Random House for the photograph. Leigh wrote and published five books on photography, and died May 19, 2004 in Savannah, and is fittingly buried in Bonaventure Cemetery.