John G. Morris

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John Godfrey Morris (born December 7, 1916 in Chicago - † July 28, 2017 in Paris ) was an American picture editor and an important figure in the history of photojournalism . The pictures he published from the Vietnam War were of particular importance.

Career

Journalist John Godfrey Morris's life has been shaped by editing photographs for magazines and newspapers since he was a student at the University of Chicago in the 1930s . He has worked with hundreds of photographers , including the greatest names of the 20th century.

During World War II , John G. Morris worked for the weekly magazine LIFE . As photo editor for LIFE in London, he was responsible for reporting on the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944 ( D-Day ) and edited Robert Capa's historical photographs . After World War II , he held positions as picture editor for the American magazine Ladies' Home Journal , senior picture editor of Magnum Photos , deputy editor-in-chief for graphics for the Washington Post and picture editor for the New York Times .

In 1983 he moved to Paris as the European correspondent for National Geographic , where he lived, wrote, edited and campaigned for peace until his death.

Awards

Selected publications

His autobiography Get the Picture: a Personal History of Photojournalism was published by Random House in 1998 and reprinted in paperback by The University of Chicago Press in 2002 . It has been translated into French (Éditions de La Martinière, 1999), Japanese, Polish (Wydanie pierwsze, 2007), Italian (Contrasto Due, 2011) and Spanish (La Fabrica, 2013). Morris is also co-author of Robert Capa: D-Day , published in French and English (Point de Vues, ​​2004).

Edited by John G. Morris

  • Daily Maroon ( The Chicago Maroon ) , University of Chicago student newspaper, 1933–1937
  • Pulse , University of Chicago Student Magazine, editor, 1937-1938
  • LIFE Magazine , picture editor, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, London, Chicago, Paris 1939–1946
  • Ladies' Home Journal , picture editor, 1946–1952
  • Magnum News Service, senior picture editor, 1961–1963
  • IPS Contact Sheet (Independent Picture Service), 1973-1974
  • The Washington Post , associate editor-in-chief, graphics, 1964–1965
  • Time / Life Books, picture editor, 1966–1967
  • The New York Times , picture editor, 1967–1974; Editor, NYT Pictures, 1975-1976
  • Quest / 77-79 , Associate Editor, 1977-1979
  • National Geographic , European Correspondent, 1983–1989

By John G. Morris

  • 1946: Photographers Ran the War . Text by John G. Morris. Popular Photography, February 1926.
  • 1946: Married Veterans Take Over The Campus . Text by John G. Morris, photographs by Myron H. Davis. Ladies' Home Journal , November 1946.
  • 1947: Tenth Reunion . Text by John G. Morris. University of Chicago Magazine, June 1947.
  • 1948: Your America . Text by John G. and Mary Adele Morris. Ladies' Home Journal , June 1948.
  • 1948/1949: People are People the World Over . 12 articles by John G. Morris. Ladies' Home Journal , April 1948-March 1949.
  • 1949: The Soul of a Town . Text by John G. Morris. Pageant. December 1949.
  • 1950: Confessions of a Picture Editor . Text by John G. Morris. New York. Photo Notes, Spring 1950.
  • 1950: Let's Make Honest Pictures . Text by John G. Morris. Modern Photography, June 1950.
  • 1952: The Face of My Enemy . Text and photographs by John G. Morris. Pageant, May 1952.
  • 1954: An Appreciation: Robert Capa , Werner Bischof . Text by John G. Morris. New York. Infinity, May 1954.
  • 1954: Magnum Photos - An International Cooperative . Text by John G. Morris. New York. US Camera, 1954.
  • 1957: Chim ... what Chim . Text by John G. Morris. London. Photography, January 1957.
  • 1957: Magnum . Text by John G. Morris. Popular Photography, September 1957.
  • 1957: Tribute . ASMP Picture Annual. Ridge Press. New York. 1957.
  • 1957: The World of David Seymour . Text by John G. Morris. New York. Infinity, winter 1957.
  • 1958: Elliott Erwitt . Text by John G. Morris. Lucerne. Camera, March 1958.
  • 1962: Photographers Don't Think! Text by John G. Morris. Popular Photography, December 1962.
  • 1965: Poverty in Perspective . Text by John G. Morris. The Washington Post , May 30, 1965.
  • 1965: Extra, Extra - a Good Picture! Text by John G. Morris. Popular Photography, September 1965.
  • 1966: The New Look in Newspapers . Text by John G. Morris. National Press Photographer, June 1966.
  • 1966: Great Combat Photos . Text by John G. Morris. Dateline, New York, Overseas Press Club, 1966.
  • 1966: Cliff Edom : The Man in Missouri . Text by John G. Morris. Popular Photography, September 1966.
  • 1966: Where is the Money in Photography? Text by John G. Morris. Popular Photography, October 1966.
  • 1967: And / Or . Foreword by John G. Morris. Harper & Row , New York, 1967.
  • 1968: The Art of Seeing: A Guide to Travel Photography . Text by John G. Morris. Holiday, March 1968.
  • 1970: How to Preserve Past and Present . Text by John G. Morris. The New York Times , June 21, 1970.
  • 1970: An Editor Speaks Out - From The Other Side Of The Desk . Text by John G. Morris. NPPA, 1970.
  • 1972: This We Remember . Text by John G. Morris. Harper's Magazine . September 1972.
  • 1974: How Not to Sell Your Pictures . Text by John G. Morris. Popular Photography, January 1974.
  • 1976: World Press Photo 1976 . Foreword to the yearbook by John G. Morris. World Press Photo 1976, Amsterdam, Teleboek bv., 1976.
  • 1977: Eliot Porter , André Kertész , Henri Cartier-Bresson , Peter Magubane . Portraits for Everyone by John G. Morris. Quest / 77 et seq., Beginning in 1977.
  • 1977: White House . Text by John G. Morris. Popular Photography, August 1977.
  • 1978: Camera Courageous: John G. Morris remembers Eugene Smith . Text by John G. Morris. Quest / 78, 1978.
  • 1978: A Gentle Vision: Photographs by André Kertész . Text by John G. Morris. The Sunday Times , October 29, 1978.
  • 1982: John G. Morris: A Photographic Memoir . Text by John G. Morris. Exposure, Society for Photographic Education , Spring 1982.
  • 1983: A Century Old, the Wonderful Brooklyn Bridge . Text by John G. Morris, photographs by Donal F. Holway. National Geographic , May 1983.
  • 1985: W. Eugene Smith , Let Truth Be the Prejudice . Illustrated biography of Ben Maddow; Afterword by John G. Morris. Aperture, 1985.
  • 1986: FD Paris 1986 . Introductory chapter to Fodor's 1986 Paris Guide by John G. Morris. Fodor's, 1985.
  • 1998: Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism . Autobiographical book by John G. Morris. First Edition, Random House, 1998. ISBN 0-226-53914-8 Second Edition, University of Chicago Press, 2002. Foreword by William H. McNeill , Afterword by John G. Morris. ISBN 978-0-226-53914-0
  • 2004: How LIFE Covered D-Day . Text by John G. Morris, International Herald Tribune . June 6, 2004.
  • 2004: Henri Cartier-Bresson : The Photographer, The Artist, And My Friend . Text for the cover story by John G. Morris. News Photographer, September 2004.
  • 2004: Robert Capa : D-Day . Texts by Robert Capa and John G. Morris. Point de Vues, ​​2004. ISBN 978-2-9516020-7-6
  • 2010: MoMA: Cartier-Bresson, Visionary . Article by John G. Morris. Vanity Fair , April 2010.
  • 2010: Enough is Enough . Photo essay by John G. Morris. Frontline Club Broadsheet, Winter 2010.
  • 2011: Depression or Recession? Parallels with 1929 . Article by John G. Morris. INSEAD Knowledge, June 2011.
  • 2011: Robert Capa - Traces d'une Légende . Foreword by John G. Morris. Bernard Lebrun and Michel Lefebvre. Editions de la Martinière, Paris France. 2011.
  • 2012: An American from Paris . Article by John G. Morris on Berenice Abbott . Vanity Fair , February 2012, p. 107.
  • 2012: Time in Turkey . Feature by John G. Morris. NewsPhotographer NPPA, January-February 2012.
  • 2012: D-Day: Getting the Picture . Article by John G. Morris. The Fickle Gray Beast , June 2012.

About John G. Morris

  • 1970: John Morris' Changing Times . Text by Robert Warner. Editor & Publisher , June 13, 1970.
  • 1972: A Talk with John Morris . Text by Mark Jury. New York Photographer, June / July 1972.
  • 1974: The Last Happy Band of Brothers . Text by James Baker Hall . Esquire . April 1974.
  • 1975: The Picture Picker . Text by Sarah Webb Barrell. Camera 35, March 1975.
  • 1976: Magnum: Image and Reality . Text by Harvey V. Fondiller. 35 mm Photography, Winter 1976.
  • 1982: A storyteller who speaks with pictures . Text by Laura Stewart. Democrat and Chronicle , Rochester, New York, December 3, 1982.
  • 1984: John G. Morris: For the love of the National Geographic Magazine . Photo-Reporter (Paris), April 1984.
  • 1998: Image master recaps his life in photojournalism . Text by Jeff Bradley, The Denver Post , May 31, 1998.
  • 1998: Nieman Reports: Get the Picture - A Personal History of Photojournalism . Edited excerpts from the autobiography. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard . Summer 1998.
  • 2006: Flying Short Course: Evolving Newspapers Are Pushing Photojournalists For Video . Text by Marianne Fulton. NPPA, October 21, 2006.
  • 2007: Picture Perfectionist . Article by Robin Stummer. The Guardian , Jan 8, 2007, 7.
  • 2007: Paris match: Photo editor John Morris finds a home for a lifetime of words and images . Article by Mary Ruth Yoe. Photographs by Dan Dry. University of Chicago Magazine, May / June 2007, Volume 99, Issue 5, 2007.
  • 2007: Interview: John G. Morris . Interview by Ignácio Aronovich. Lost Art, 2007.
  • 2009: John G. Morris Awarded Légion d 'Honneur in Paris . Article by NPPA, photographs by Peter Turnley . May 2009
  • 2009: John G. Morris: An Interview with the Most Influential and Experienced Photo Editor in History . Interview and photographs by José Manuel Serrano Esparza. El Rectangulo en la Mano, September 12, 2009.
  • 2009: John Morris: An Eye-witness to the Rise of Photojournalism . Article by Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor , September 27, 2009.
  • 2010: Picking the Images that Symbolized an Era . Interview by Cathy Nolan, photographs by Dana Maitec. Paris Magazine, January / February 2010.
  • 2010: John G. Morris: The living history of photojournalism . Article by Kelly Ramundo. El País , May 8, 2010.
  • 2010: Living Legend Photo Editor John G. Morris is bestowed the 2010 ICP Lifetime Achievement Award . Articles and photographs by José Manuel Serrano Esparza. El Rectangulo en la Mano, May 10, 2010.
  • 2010: Parlez-moi d'images: Le Meilleur du Monde . Conversation with Dimitri Beck, Polka Magazine No. 11, winter 2010/2011.
  • 2011: Imprint of a Tumultuous Century . Article in Newsweek , May 2, 2010.
  • 2011: Get the Picture: The great master of photo-journalism tells his tale . Article by Andrea Zappa. Vogue Italia , June 28, 2011.
  • 2011: Professione Reporter: Le Memorie Del Più Grande Photo Editor Del Secolo . Article by Antonella Barina. Il Venerdì, la Repubblica , July 8th 2011.
  • 2011: La leggenda della Magnum . Article by Giuseppe Culicchia. La Stampa , August 6, 2011.
  • 2011: Quegli scatti che fermano la Storia . Article by Giuseppe Montesano. Il Mattino , August 24, 2011.
  • 2011: LIFE During Wartime: One Editor Remembers Pearl Harbor . Article by Jared T. Miller. TIME , December 7, 2011.
  • 2012: The Most Interesting Man in The World . Article by Julie Callahan. The World in Between , January 15, 2012.
  • 2012: A Greater Responsibility than Ever to Keep Telling the Truth . Article by Heather Faulkner on July 14, 2012.
  • 2012: John G. Morris: Las fotos sin palabras no cuentan la historia completa . Article by Alfonso Armada, ABC , November 4, 2012.

Selected media

  • 1987: On the way. Werner Bischof - Photograph 51/52 . Film by René Baumann and Marco Bischof. b / w, 50 min. Switzerland, 1987.
  • 1989: W. Eugene Smith - Photography Made Difficult . Film directed by Kirk Morris. Phaidon, 89 min. USA, 1989.
  • 1997: Decisive Moments - The Photographs that made History . Documentation by Tim Kirkby and Deborah Lee. BBC , 1997.
  • 1999: Booknotes - John G. Morris: Get The Picture . Interview by Brian Lamb . C-SPAN . October 1, 1999.
  • 2000: Chosen People . Documentation about 12 families of the series People are People the World Over . Directed by Seona Robertson (Caledonia, Sterne and Wyld). BBC , 2000.
  • 2002: Guerre Sans Images - Algérie . Documentation by Mohammed Soudani. Amka Films, 2002.
  • 2004: Heroes Never Die (Los héroes nunca mueren) . Documentation by Jan Arnold. Marea Films Spain, 2004.
  • 2004: Taking the Beach . Documentation by John Giannini. ABC Nightline, 2004.
  • 2005: Looking for an Icon . Documentation by Hans Pool and Maaik Krijgsman. Netherlands, 2005.
  • 2010: John G. Morris- Eleven Frames . Documentary by Douglas Sloan, USA, 2010.
  • 2010: In the Picture Exclusive with John G. Morris: Never Again? . Interview in the Frontline Club by John G. Morris (available as a podcast). Frontline Club London, October 2010.
  • 2011: The True Value of Photojournalism . Radio interview with John G. Morris, BBC World Radio, April 2011.
  • 2011: Photo editor John G. Morris remembers D-Day . Interview with John G. Morris, France 24 June 2011.
  • 2012: Interview with John G. Morris about photojournalism . Interview with John G. Morris from Zaman , Turkey Istanbul 2011.
  • 2012: Report on John G. Morris's new autobiographical documentary GET THE PICTURE . TG4 , Ireland 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John G. Morris is dead. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 28th July 2017 .;
  2. ↑ eth / AFP: John Morris is dead. In: Spiegel Online . 29th July 2017 .;
  3. ↑ a b Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism . Autobiographical book by John G. Morris. First edition, Random House, 1998. ISBN 0-226-53914-8 Second Edition, University of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-226-53914-0
  4. ↑ Ideas & Trends: Giving Outrage a Face; Breaking a Taboo, Editors Turn to Images of Death , The New York Times . October 25, 1998. Retrieved January 27, 2011. 
  5. ↑ 1976: Magnum: Image and Reality . Text by Harvey V. Fondiller. 35 mm Photography, Winter 1976.
  6. ^ Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010 .;
  7. ^ ICP 2010 Infinity Awards. That girl at the party, May 12, 2010 .;
  8. ↑ Alumni awards / Past Award Winners. Alumni Association, University of Chicago;
  9. ^ John G. Morris Awarded Légion d 'Honneur in Paris. NPPA, May 19, 2009, archived from the original on January 26, 2011 .;
  10. ^ Donald R. Winslow: Legendary Picture Editor John G. Morris To Receive ICP Lifetime Achievement Award. NPPA, May 3, 2010, archived from the original on January 24, 2011 .;
  11. ^ John G. Morris: How LIFE Covered D-Day. The Digital Journalist, June 2004 .;
  12. ^ John G. Morris: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Artist, Photographer and Friend. NPPA, August 2004, archived from the original on August 29, 2011 .;
  13. ^ John G. Morris: MoMA: Cartier-Bresson, Visionary. Vanity Fair , April 2010 .;
  14. ↑ Pranverra Smith: Enough is Enough by John Morris. Frontline Club News, October 21, 2010, archived from the original on November 23, 2010 .;
  15. ^ John G. Morris: Depression or Recession? Parallels with 1929. INSEAD Knowledge, June 27, 2011 .;
  16. ^ John G. Morris: An American from Paris. Vanity Fair, February 2012, archived from the original .;
  17. ^ John G. Morris: Time in Turkey. NPPA, February 2012, archived from the original on March 9, 2012 .;
  18. ^ John G. Morris: D-Day: Getting the Picture. The Fickle Gray Beast, June 2012, archived from the original on June 14, 2012 .;
  19. ^ John G. Morris: Get the Picture - A Personal History of Photojournalism. Niemann Reports, June 15, 1998, archived from the original on July 29, 2017 (English, edited excerpts from the autobiography).;
  20. ^ Marianne Fulton: Flying Short Course: Evolving Newspapers Are Pushing Photojournalists For Video. NPPA, October 21, 2006, archived from the original on January 22, 2008 .;
  21. ^ Mary Ruth Yoe: Paris Match: Photo editor John Morris finds a home for a lifetime of words and images. In: University of Chicago Magazine. May 2007 (English, photographs by Dan Dry).;
  22. ↑ Ignácio Aronovich: Interview: John G. Morris. In: lost.art.br. 2007, archived from the original on May 15, 2007 .;
  23. ^ John G. Morris Awarded Légion d'Honneur In Paris. NPPA, May 19, 2009, archived from the original on January 26, 2011 .;
  24. ↑ José Manuel Serrano Esparza: John G. Morris: An Interview with the Most Influential and Experienced Photo Editor in History, September 12, 2009. November 28, 2009 (English).;
  25. ^ Robert Marquand: Eyewitness to history - Editor John Morris presided over the Rise of Photojournalism. The Christian Science Monitor , October 5, 2009 (English).;
  26. ↑ José Manuel Serrano Esparza: Living Legend Photo Editor John G. Morris is bestowed the 2010 ICP Lifetime Achievement Award. May 10, 2010 (English).;
  27. ↑ Andrea Zappa: Get the Picture: The great master of photo-journalism tells his tale. Una storia personal di fotogiornalismo. Vogue Italia , June 28, 2011, archived from the original on March 18, 2012 .;
  28. ↑ Jared T. Miller: LIFE During Wartime: One Editor Remembers Pearl Harbor. TIME , December 7, 2011 (English).;
  29. ^ The Most Interesting Man in the World ... In: The world in between (blog). January 15, 2012 (English).;
  30. ↑ Heather Faulkner: A Greater Responsibility than Ever to Keep Telling the Truth. July 14, 2012, archived from the original on September 27, 2013 .;
  31. ↑ Alfonso Armada: John G. Morris: Las fotos sin palabras no cuentan la historia completa. ABC (Spain) November 4, 2012 (Spanish).;
  32. ↑ On the way. Werner Bischof - Photograph 51/52. Film by René Baumann and Marco Bischof. b / w, 50 min. Switzerland, 1987. In: magnumphotos.com. 1987, archived from the original on March 27, 2012 .;
  33. ^ Brian Lamb: Booknotes - John G. Morris: Get The Picture. (Youtube Video) Interview. Booknotes / C-SPAN, October 1, 1999 (English).;
  34. ^ Seona Robertson: Chosen People: John G. Morris. (Youtube Video) In: BBC. Caledonia, Sterne and Wyld, 2000 (English).;
  35. ^ Mohammed Soudani: Guerre Sans Images - Algérie. Documentation. Amka Films, 2002, archived from the original on September 27, 2013 (French).;
  36. ↑ Horst Faas: Heroes Never Die. The Digital Journalist, April 2005 (English).;
  37. ^ Matt Zoller Seitz: When Images Take on Lives of Their Own. Movie Review: 'Looking for an Icon' and 'El dia Que Me Quieras'. New York Times, May 9, 2007 (English).;
  38. ^ Douglas Sloan: John G. Morris-Eleven Frames. (Youtube video) Documentary. 2010 (English).;
  39. ^ In the Picture Exclusive with John G. Morris: Never Again? Frontline Club , October 7, 2010, archived from the original on November 23, 2010 (English, event announcement, podcast no longer available).;
  40. ↑ Veteran photo editor to auction historic news images. BBC News World, April 28, 2011 (radio interview no longer available).;
  41. ^ Béatrice Prestage: Photo editor John G. Morris remembers D-Day. France24, June 4, 2011 (radio interview no longer available).;
  42. ↑ Report on Morris' autobiography ( memento of the original from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) 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. (Gaelic) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tg4.ie
personal data
SURNAME Morris, John G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morris, John Godfrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American picture editor
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH 28th July 2017
Place of death Paris