Jeff Widener

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Jeff Widener, 2010

Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956 in Long Beach ) is an American photographer , best known for his picture of Tank Man who stood in front of a row of tanks during the Tian'anmen massacre in 1989 . He was subsequently nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990.

Life

Jeff Widener spent his youth in Southern California, where he studied photojournalism at Los Angeles Pierce College and Moorpark College. He received the Kodak Scholastic National Photography Grant in 1974, beating 8,000 competitors. The scholarship included a study tour of East Africa.

From 1978 Widener worked as a newspaper photographer in California and later in Nevada and Indiana. At the age of 25 he took a job in Brussels as an employed photographer for United Press International. His first assignment abroad led him to the December uprising in Poland.

Over the years he has worked in over 100 countries, including areas of civil war and social inequalities. He was the first photojournalist to take digital photos of the South Pole. He was hired by the Associated Press in 1987 as a picture editor for Southeast Asia, where he produced significant reports in areas such as the Persian Gulf , East Timor , Afghanistan , Cambodia , Burma , Syria , Jordan , India , Laos , Vietnam , Pakistan and many more.

Widener lives in Hamburg today .

Stations

  • 2010-today freelancer based in Hamburg
  • 1997–2010 The Honolulu Advertiser - employed photographer
  • 1995–1997 United Press International Miami - Employee Photographer
  • 1987–1995 Associated Press - Southeast Asia Picture Editor, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 1984–1986 The Miami News - employed photographer
  • 1981–1984 United Press International - Brussels - employed photographer
  • 1980–1981 The Evansville Press - employed photographer
  • 1979–1980 The Las Vegas Sun - employed photographer
  • 1977–1979 The Whittier Daily News - employed photographer

Awards

In addition to being nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990, Widener has received numerous awards and mentions

  • Columbia University DART Award
  • Harry Chapin Media Award
  • Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism
  • Scoop Award in France
  • Chia Sardina Award in Italy
  • National Headliner Award (New York Press Club)
  • Pictures Of The Year International
  • Best of Photojournalism
  • Atlanta Photojournalism
  • Belgian Press Photographers Association
  • The World Press Institute

Lectures and interviews

Over the years, Jeff Widener has lectured at Ohio University, Utah State, University of Hawai'i Distinctive Lecture Series, Honolulu Academy of Arts. He has been interviewed by BBC International, Columbia University, CBS Sunday Morning Show, The MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show as well as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR Radio, USA Today, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Irish News Radio, The London Daily Telegraph , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, EFE Spanish News Agency, The Los Angeles Times, About.Com, The Bangkok Post, Smithsonian Magazine , Fotoflock, The Huffington Post, the British Journal of Photography, Die Welt, Der Spiegel, Black and White, New York Times, Time.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tiananmen figures: 'Tank man' photographer . In: BBC News , May 28, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 
  2. ^ Stan Alcorn: Telling the Hardest Stories . January 28, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ Sean Alfano: 'Tank Man': The Picture That Almost Wasn't . In: CBS News , June 4, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 
  4. ↑ Rachel Maddow: Tiananmen Square: 20 years later . June 5, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b Patrick Witty: Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen . In: The New York Times , June 3, 2009. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 13, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lens.blogs.nytimes.com 
  6. ↑ Gordon Deal: Tank Man Photographer Jeff Widener . In: The Wall Street Journal , June 9, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Claire O'Neill: What Comes After Tiananmen's 'Tank Man'? . June 4, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ Jeff Widener: How an iconic image came to be . In: USA Today , Updated 6/4/2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 
  9. ^ Ten photographs that changed the world . In: The Daily Telegraph , September 8, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Kallie Szczepanski: Eyewitness at Tiananmen Square, 1989 . June 8, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  11. ^ Dana Calvo: Profiles in Courage . January 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ Kadambari Khaire-Ghate: Great shots don't grow on trees. . April 5, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ Returning to Tiananmen Square . June 3, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ Broken Dreams . December 4, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  15. ↑ Legendary photographs . February 20, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  16. ↑ Hawaii's dark side . July 2012. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved on April 13, 2013.
  17. ↑ Tank Man Revisited: More Details Emerge About the Iconic Image . June 5, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Widener, Jeff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photographer
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Beach