Joe Rosenthal
Joseph John Rosenthal (* 9. October 1911 in Washington, DC ; † 20th August 2006 in Novato ) was a US -American photographer . Rosenthal's photography Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima became world famous and occupies an important place in the collective memory of the United States of America .
Life
Joe Rosenthal was the son of Russian-Jewish emigrants. He bought his first camera at the age of twelve from a catalog in exchange for coupons for cigars. After graduating from high school in 1929, he was hired as an office boy by the Newspaper Enterprise Association in San Francisco in 1930 , and two years later he became a reporter and photographer for The San Francisco News . At the time the USA entered the Second World War , Rosenthal was working as a photographer in the San Francisco branch of the Associated Press agency .
On behalf of the Associated Press, he accompanied the fighting in the Pacific region during World War II . He received the Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of the flag hoisted by six American soldiers on the Suribachi volcano , Iwojima , on February 23, 1945 . The recording was not made. Later, however, he was accused of being staged at a later date. The “Flag Raisers” photo, printed by the New York Times two days after the event, is for many Americans the ultimate visual symbol of World War II. The United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington was designed from the photo . After the war ended, Rosenthal worked for the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper .
Rosenthal died at the age of 94 in an assisted living facility in Novato , a city north of San Francisco. Clint Eastwood made the film Flags of Our Fathers about the story of the flag raisers photo , which released on October 20, 2006 in US theaters.
Web links
- National Archives: Flag Raising Photo by Rosenthal
- ap page on the history of the Iwo Jima photo
- "Joe Rosenthal, 94, Photographer at Iwo Jima, Dies" , New York Times , August 22, 2006
- Website about Joe Rosenthal
- Iwo Jima war photographer died August 22, 2006
- Joe Rosenthal at photography-now.com
- Literature by and about Joe Rosenthal in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenthal, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosenthal, Joseph John (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 2006 |
| Place of death | Novato near San Francisco |