Allan Ludwig

Allan Ira Ludwig (June 9, 1933 – November 2, 2025) was an American art historian and photographer. His book Graven Images, an influential study in the field of American Studies, played a role in the rise of interest in Puritan era gravestone studies starting in the 1960s. He was also a notable fine arts photographer whose work has been exhibited and collected in the U.S. and abroad. Ludwig sometimes used the pseudonym Elisha Cook Jr. when documenting graffiti and street art.