Eugene Richards
Eugene Richards (born April 25, 1944 in Dorchester , Massachusetts ) is an American photographer .
Life
From 1962 to 1968, Richards graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's degree in literature and journalism. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) he did postgraduate studies with the photographer Minor White . He was politically active against the Vietnam War and for the civil rights movement , joined the Volonteers in Service to America association and is one of the founders of the Respect Foundation , a human rights organization. In 1973, Richards published his first book, Few Comforts or Surprises: The Arkansas Delta . He began to work as a photojournalist, published Dorchester Days , a photographic study of his hometown, and in 1978 became a member of the Magnum Photos agency . After his wife died of cancer in 1979, he moved to New York , where he published 50 hours (photographs) and Exploding into Life (a diary of his wife's battle with cancer). After 1994 he produced the documentaries Cocaine true, cocaine blue and Americans We , and left Magnum Photos. From 1996 to 1997 he documented various ethnic groups in the USA for the magazine Life . In addition, he continues to create photo reports about his country and Africa . In 2006 he joined the Photo Agency VII . In September 2010 he published his book War Is Personal in English.
Awards
- Prix Nixon de l'année, for Exploding into Life (1986)
- Photojournalist of the Year for Below the line: Living Poor in America , (1987)
- Prix Olivier Rebbot (for his report on the guides for the blind in the Republic of Niger )
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Eugene Richards in the catalog of the German National Library
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richards, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorchester , Massachusetts |