1930–2018 · South Africa · Photographer
David Goldblatt
Quiet, analytical documentary of South African society under and after apartheid.
On the Mines (with Nadine Gordimer), 1973Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · BORN 1948 · UNITED STATES
James Nachtwey
Grave, compassionate photojournalism of war and famine.
- Born
- 1948
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1999Inferno
- 1989Deeds of War
- 2001War Photographer (documentary)
WHY THEY MATTER
Five-time Robert Capa Gold Medal winner; two World Press Photo awards; former Magnum member and co-founder of VII Photo Agency.
THE LIFE
Nachtwey has covered war, conflict and social crisis since the early 1980s, including the invasion of Iraq and the conflict in Sudan. He worked for Time magazine for many years. He was a member of Magnum Photos and later co-founded the VII Photo Agency. His work is the subject of the documentary War Photographer.
Also born in 1930–1959
1930–2014 · Nigeria · Photographer
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Sculptural black-and-white studies of Nigerian women's hairstyles.
Nigerian hairstyles (series), 1968Source: Wikipedia
1930–2012 · Japan · Photographer
Shomei Tomatsu
Dark, fragmentary images of postwar Japan and American occupation.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Document, 1961Source: Wikipedia
born 1931 · Brazil · Photographer
Claudia Andujar
Lyrical, often experimental images of the Yanomami people.
Yanomami: The House, The Forest, The Invisible, 1998Source: Wikipedia
1931–2016 · Hong Kong · Photographer
Fan Ho
Geometric light-and-shadow street scenes of 1950s and 1960s Hong Kong.
Approaching Shadow, 1954Source: Wikipedia
1933–2004 · United States · Photographer
Eddie Adams
News photography of war, politics and celebrity.
Saigon Execution, 1968Source: Wikipedia