Marcus Bleasdale
Marcus Bleasdale (* 1968 in Great Britain ) is a photojournalist who came from an Irish family.
Life
Bleasdale lived for over twelve years in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo , formerly Zaïre , during the difficult period after Mobutu . His two books on the Congo and the plundering of the country's natural resources earned him a number of honors. His photos, including those of the genocide in Darfur and the neighboring country of Chad , attracted worldwide attention. In 2010 he accompanied the Orchester Symphonique Kimbanguiste in its work through the Congolese capital Kinshasa .
Bleasdale lives with his wife in Oslo , where he is the founder and employee of the photo agency VII Photo Agency .
Cooperation with the media
Blaesdale's photographic work has been published in the following newspapers and magazines, among others:
- Sunday Times Magazine , London.
- Daily Telegraph magazine , London.
- GEO
- The New Yorker
- The time
- The New York Times
- star
- Newsweek
- Time Magazine
- Le Monde , Paris.
Publications
- One Hundred Years of Darkness . Pirogue, London 2003, ISBN 0-9543015-0-1 .
- The Rape of a Nation . Mets & Schilt, Amsterdam 2009, ISBN 978-90-5330-671-0 .
honors and awards
- 2004: UNICEF Photographer of the Year.
- 2005: Photo of the Year World Press Photo .
- 2007: Human Rights Watch and Open Society Foundations fellowship .
- 2010: Hansel Mieth Award .
- 2011: Webby Award for his feature Dear Obama .
- 2012: Hood Medal from the Royal Photographic Society , London.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bleasdale, Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish-British photojournalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Britain |