George Rodger Portrait Photography
British, 1908-1995
Pioneering photographer George Rodger co-founded the Magnum agency with his friends Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, and garnered worldwide recognition for his own work. A self-taught artist, he first found work for The Listener magazine in the late 1930s. His photographs of the Blitz during World War Two brought him to the attention of Life magazine, who hired him as a war correspondent. He covered the war in West Africa, travelled to Iran, Burma, Sicily, and Salerno, and documented the Allies’ liberation of France, Belgium and Holland. Traumatised by what he witnessed during the liberation of the death camps, he vowed never again to cover war, focusing thereafter on travelling the world with his camera, specifically in Africa, the Middle East and the Far East. His world-famous images of tribes in Saharan and equatorial Africa were published in National Geographic, as well as other major magazines and newspapers across the globe. His work hangs in collections both private and national.
Rodger was made an Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society in 1993, and passed away in 1995. Since his passing, his work has been the subject of retrospectives in Tokyo, Paris and London, and at the Imperial War Museum North in 2008. His photography features in exhibitions worldwide.to
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Artist: George Rodger
Claudia Cardinale for George Rodger - Photograph by George Rodger - 1966
By George Rodger
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by George Rodger in 1966.
Copyright Magnum Photos/Agenzia Contrasto.
Excellent condition.
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1960s Contemporary George Rodger Portrait Photography
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George Rodger - The Champion, Photography 1949, Printed After
By George Rodger
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The champion of a Korongo Nuba wrestling match, Kordofan, Southern Sudan
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George Rodger - Moran Warrior, Photography 1979, Printed After
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A junior moran (warrior) with a headdress of sun-dried bird skins, Kenya
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2010s Contemporary George Rodger Portrait Photography
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“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
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