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George William Adam Rodger (19 March 1908 – 24 July 1995) was a British photojournalist. He was noted for his work in Africa, and for photographing mass deaths at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the end of the World War II.
After a short spell in America, he worked as a photographer for the BBC’s The Listener magazine, followed in 1938 by a brief stint working for the Black Star Agency. His pictures of the London blitz brought him to the attention of Life magazine, and he became a war correspondent.
Learn about the life and work of George Rodger, a British photographer who covered over eighteen war campaigns and documented the vanishing tribes and wildlife of Africa. He was one of the founders of Magnum Photos and a member of the BBC.
- George Rodger, 1947. Boys of the Wagogo Tribe, Tanzania 1948. Keyhole entrance to a Nuba house, Kordofan, Southern Sudan 1949.
George Rodger (1908-1995) was a British war correspondent and a co-founder of the Magnum photo agency. He documented the London Blitz, the Holocaust, the Nuba peoples of Sudan and more.
Mar 5, 2017 · George Rodger Dinka and Nuer girls dressed for a ceremonial dance. Kordofan, Sudan. 1949. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos. Rodger eschewed the label of artist, dedicating himself instead to the straightforward documentation, through both words and images, of events of social and historical significance.
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Jul 17, 2022 · Learn about George Rodger, a self-taught photographer who covered World War II, the liberation of Europe and the vanishing tribes of Africa. See his iconic images and his Land Rover expedition across the Sahara Desert.
