Category: Obituaries

Naomi Rosenblum, Historian of Photography, Dies at 96 – The New York Times

Naomi Rosenblum, Historian of Photography, Dies at 96

Her seminal works brought scholarship to the field and helped develop appreciation for it as a creative art form.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/arts/naomi-rosenblum-dead.html

Dr. Rosenblum was the author of seminal works that helped bring scholarship and recognition to photography as a creative art form after practitioners, notably Alfred Stieglitz, had revolutionized the field by defying the conventions of subject matter and composition — creating images in the rain and snow, for example, or of a pattern that the sea cut in the sand.

March 8, 2021
Juxtapoz Magazine – RIP, Ricky Powell, The Original Lazy Hustler and Legendary NYC Street Photographer

Juxtapoz Magazine – RIP, Ricky Powell, The Original Lazy Hustler and Legendary NYC Street Photographer

One of the great legends of NYC street photography and culture, the “Lazy Hustler” himself, Ricky Powell, has died today at the age of 59. The iconic…

Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/rip-ricky-powell-the-original-lazy-hustler-and-legendary-nyc-street-photographer/

One of the great legends of NYC street photography and culture, the “Lazy Hustler” himself, Ricky Powell, has died today at the age of 59. The iconic photographer was best known for his association with the Beastie Boys in the 1980s and his countless shots of hip-hop and NYC culture in those crucial days, and we at Juxtapoz featured and hired Powell on numerous occasions throughout the decades. We feel like we lost a piece of our history, too.

February 2, 2021
How Alice Rose George Shaped a Pivotal Era in Photography

How Alice Rose George Shaped a Pivotal Era in Photography

Susan Meiselas, Alec Soth, Nan Goldin, and others reflect on the life and work of a legendary photo editor and poet.

via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-alice-rose-george-shaped-a-pivotal-era-in-photography/

Perhaps the clearest picture of Alice Rose George, beloved editor, curator, teacher, and poet, who died on December 22, 2020, in Los Angeles at the age of seventy-six, can be seen through her own eye, connecting—as she so innovatively did in the books and magazines where she made her mark—all the seeming and revelatory contrasts of her life.

January 24, 2021
Alice Rose George, a ‘Photographer’s Dream Editor,’ Dies at 76 – The New York Times

Alice Rose George, a ‘Photographer’s Dream Editor,’ Dies at 76

Her unerring eye for visuals made her a fixture in New York’s magazine world, where she promoted scores of famous and unsung photographers.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/arts/alice-rose-george-dead.html

“She was a photographer’s dream editor,” said Susan Meiselas, a photographer who worked under Ms. George in the early 1990s when Ms. George ran the New York offices of the photo agency Magnum. “She saw what they saw and gave them support, not just financial but emotional.”

January 12, 2021
Murders of Journalists Doubled in 2020 – The New York Times

Number of Journalists Killed for Their Reporting Doubled in 2020

At least 30 journalists were killed this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, with 21 slain as a direct result of their work.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/world/americas/mexico-journalists-killings-double.html

At least 30 journalists were killed this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, with 21 slain as a direct result of their work.

December 22, 2020
Mexican photojournalist killed after taking photos of bodies along a road | Mexico | The Guardian

Mexican photojournalist killed after taking photos of bodies along a road

Jaime Castaño Zacarías is ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year after he was pursued by gunmen

via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/mexico-journalists-killed-jaime-castano-zacarias

Jaime Castaño Zacarías is ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year after he was pursued by gunmen

December 12, 2020
In Memoriam : Peter Howe (1942-2020)

https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/in-memoriam-peter-howe-1942-2020-dv/

He was one of the great directors of the photo department of the NY Times magazine, then of Life magazine. Astonishing character, caustic, funny, attractive, fascinated by photojournalism and married to a wonderful lady : Anthéa Disney.

November 30, 2020
Remembering the work of Getty Images photographer Mark Wilson – The Washington Post

Perspective | ‘Tough and salty on the outside, soft and kind on the inside’: Remembering Getty Images’ Mark Wilson

Working the politics beat in D.C. requires exquisite timing, patience and a thorough knowledge of who’s who in the political world. Photographer Mark Wilson had all of that and proved it over and over again.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2020/11/20/tough-salty-outside-soft-kind-inside-remembering-getty-images-mark-wilson/

That same feeling of absence is touching the photographic community here in D.C. after the sudden passing of Getty Images photographer Mark Wilson. I had the pleasure of working alongside him while covering Capitol Hill and the White House as a photo intern for U.S. News & World Report in 2001.

November 23, 2020
Frederick Weston, Outsider Artist Who Was Finally Let In, Dies at 73 – The New York Times

Frederick Weston, Outsider Artist Who Was Finally Let In, Dies at 73

For decades he made his art in dingy Manhattan hotel rooms, living hand-to-mouth, hoping for his big break. It finally arrived, just a few years before his death.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/arts/frederick-weston-dead.html

For decades he made his art in dingy Manhattan hotel rooms, living hand-to-mouth, hoping for his big break. It finally arrived, just a few years before his death.

November 19, 2020
Bruno Barbey, Magnum Photographer of War and Peace, Dies at 79 – The New York Times

Bruno Barbey, Magnum Photographer of War and Peace, Dies at 79

He was “a formidable visual architect” who captured the streets of Paris during the violent demonstrations in 1968 and documented the human experience in other parts of the world.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/arts/bruno-barbey-dead.html

He was “a formidable visual architect” who captured the streets of Paris during the violent demonstrations in 1968 and documented the human experience in other parts of the world.

November 17, 2020
Baron Wolman, Whose Photos Helped Start Rolling Stone, Dies at 83 – The New York Times

Baron Wolman, Whose Photos Helped Start Rolling Stone, Dies at 83

He was the magazine’s first photographer, capturing Frank Zappa, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and many more in the days before image control.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/arts/baron-wolman-dead.html

Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone magazine’s first photographer, liked to tell of the time he took a picture of something that wasn’t there.

November 5, 2020
Baron Wolman, One of Rock and Roll’s Most Iconic Photographers, Dies at 83

Baron Wolman, One of Rock and Roll’s Most Iconic Photographers, Dies at 83

Rolling Stone’s first staff photographer Baron Wolman has passed away at the age of 83. Though known primarily for his work with the rock magazine where

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/11/04/baron-wolman-one-of-rock-and-rolls-most-iconic-photographers-dies-at-83/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29

Rolling Stone’s first staff photographer Baron Wolman has passed away at the age of 83. Though known primarily for his work with the rock magazine where he captured some of Rock’s most iconic imagery, Wolman’s photography career was vast and varied.

November 4, 2020
Bill Biggart: The Hero Photographer Who Died Capturing 9/11

Bill Biggart: The Hero Photographer Who Died Capturing 9/11

September 11, 2001, was a sunny Tuesday morning. Bill Biggart and his wife Wendy Doremus were walking their dogs in downtown Manhattan. At about 8:45

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/09/11/bill-biggart-the-hero-photographer-who-died-capturing-9-11/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29

September 11, 2001, was a sunny Tuesday morning. Bill Biggart and his wife Wendy Doremus were walking their dogs in downtown Manhattan. At about 8:45 a.m., the couple noticed clouds of grey smoke forming against the clear blue New York City skyline. A passing taxi driver informed the couple that an airplane had crashed into the World Trade Center.

September 11, 2020
Matt Herron, Whose Camera Chronicled a Movement, Dies at 89 – The New York Times

Matt Herron, Whose Camera Chronicled a Movement, Dies at 89

As a magazine photojournalist, he immersed himself in the South as a witness to civil rights marches and clashes. He was killed when the glider he was piloting crashed.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/matt-herron-whose-camera-chronicled-a-movement-dies-at-89.html

Matt Herron, a photojournalist who vividly memorialized the most portentous and promising moments from the front lines of the 1960s civil rights movement in the Deep South, died on Aug. 7 when a glider he was piloting crashed in Northern California. He was 89.

August 12, 2020
Paul Fusco, photographer of crowds watching RFK’s funeral train, dies at 89 – The Washington Post

Paul Fusco, photographer of crowds watching RFK’s funeral train, dies at 89

He traveled the world for Look magazine, but his most memorable images came on a single day in 1968.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/paul-fusco-photographer-of-crowds-watching-rfks-funeral-train-dies-at-89/2020/07/22/6c0a7b82-cc3c-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html

Paul Fusco, who traveled the world as a photojournalist but whose most indelible images, portraying a nation in mourning, were captured on a single day in 1968 as he rode aboard Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral train from New York to Washington, died July 15 at an assisted-living facility in San Anselmo, Calif. He was 89.

July 23, 2020
In Memoriam : Paul Fusco (1930-2020)

https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/paul-fusco-1930-2020-dd/

It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of our great colleague and friend Paul Fusco. Paul has been a member of the Magnum community since 1973 and will be remembered by his colleagues for his incredible kindness, and the deep sensitivity and humanity that he brought to his photography. Empathizing with his subjects, and photographing them with much respect, Paul covered stories ranging from police brutality in New York to the long-term effects of the Chernobyl disaster and people living with AIDS in California. In 1968 he photographed the spectators lined along the route of Bobby Kennedy’s funeral train from New York to Washington, capturing the emotion of the nation and becoming one of the most celebrated series of photographs of the time.

July 17, 2020
Li Zhengsheng : The Genius who photographed the Cultural Revolution

Li Zhengsheng : The Genius who photographed the Cultural Revolution – The Eye of Photography Magazine

Hommage de Jean Loh à la mémoire de Li Zhensheng ce photographe de génie qui nous a quitté le 22 juin 2020 à New York à l’âge de 80 ans. On peut dire que

via The Eye of Photography Magazine: https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/li-zhengsheng-the-genius-who-photographed-the-cultural-revolution-pp/

This is Jean Loh’s tribute in memory of the greatest Chinese documentary photographer Li Zhensheng born in Dalian 18 August 1940 and who passed away in New York on 22 June 2020 at the age of 80 years old.

July 6, 2020
Li Zhensheng, Photographer of China’s Cultural Revolution, Dies at 79 – The New York Times

Li Zhensheng, Photographer of China’s Cultural Revolution, Dies at 79

With his camera and red arm band, he captured the dark side of Mao’s revolution at great personal risk. Many of the images were stashed under a floor, going undeveloped for years.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/world/asia/li-zhensheng-dead.html

With his camera and red arm band, he captured the dark side of Mao’s revolution at great personal risk. Many of the images were stashed under a floor, going undeveloped for years.

June 28, 2020
Elsa Dorfman, Giant Polaroid Camera Photographer, Dies at 83

Elsa Dorfman, Giant Polaroid Camera Photographer, Dies at 83

Elsa Dorfman, the portrait photographer best known for using one of the few giant Polaroid 20×24-inch cameras in existence, has died. She was 83. Dorfman

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Elsa Dorfman, the portrait photographer best known for using one of the few giant Polaroid 20×24-inch cameras in existence, has died. She was 83.

June 4, 2020
Photojournalist and AFP contributor Nabil Hasan al-Quaety killed in Yemen – The Jerusalem Post

Photojournalist and AFP contributor Nabil Hasan al-Quaety killed in Yemen

He was gunned down by unknown assailants while in his car, moments after leaving his home in the southern city of Aden. Security officials told AFP that the armed gunmen escaped.

via The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/photojournalist-and-afp-contributor-nabil-hasan-al-quaety-killed-in-yemen-630117

He was gunned down by unknown assailants while in his car, moments after leaving his home in the southern city of Aden. Security officials told AFP that the armed gunmen escaped.

June 3, 2020