Larry Fink, US photographer who contrasted social classes, dead at 82

This photo provided by the Robert Mann Gallery by photographer Larry Fink, is titled, 'Pat Sabatine's 8th Birthday Party, PA,' 1977. Fink, an acclaimed and adventurous photographer whose subjects ranged from family portraits and political satire to working class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan society, died at age 82. Photo: AP

Larry Fink, an acclaimed and adventurous photographer whose subjects ranged from family portraits and political satire to working class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan society, has died at 82.

Robert Mann, owner of the Robert Mann Gallery, announced that Fink died on Saturday at his home in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania. Mann did not cite a specific cause of death, but said that Fink had been in failing health.