Mr Ayyub, who still runs Oriental Star Agencies in Moseley, Birmingham, said he was "thrilled" to have been made an MBE.
In one amusing scene the would-be fathers consult an unctuous agent from a four-star agency that specializes in finding the most desirable egg donors and surrogates.
He worked for the Black Star picture agency, which sold much of his work to Life.
After a complaint by one doctor identified by The Kansas City Star, the agency threatened the newspaper reporter with a fine, pulled the doctor's file from its Web site on Sept. 1 and began a review of how to hide the identities better.
Under the headline "The holes in our roads", the brief stated: The story had been sold to the Daily Mail in Manchester by Ron Kennedy of the Star News agency in Blackburn.
When the old Hollywood studio system was replaced by movie-star free agency in the 60's and 70's, the power of stars increased.
After being signed up by the Pix and Black Star photo agencies, Mr. Finkelstein made a specialty of chronicling subcultures in the United States, an interest that led him to Warhol's factory and later to cover antiwar rallies, civil rights marches and the emerging counterculture.
After being signed up by the Pix and Black Star photo agencies, hemade a specialty of chronicling subcultures in the United States, aninterest that led him to Warhol's factory and later to cover antiwarrallies, civil rights marches and the emerging counterculture.
