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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 .
- Photographer
- 3, including Peter Rodger
- 19 March 1908, Hale, Cheshire, England
- 24 July 1995 (aged 87), Ashford, Kent, England
Born in Cheshire, George Rodger served in the British Merchant Navy. 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 ...
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1908 - 1995. George Rodger was born in Hale, Cheshire in 1908 and spent his childhood in Cheshire and in Scotland. He attended St. Bee’s College, Cumbria but left early to join the British Merchant Navy, spending two years travelling the world. At twenty, he went to America where he worked at various jobs during the depression.
George Rodger with his camera (Photo by George Rodger/The LIFE Images Collection) A self-taught photographer, George Rodger (1908-1995) was born in England, and it was his pictures of the London Blitz that brought him to the attention of LIFE’S editors. He was on the magazine’s staff from 1939 to ’45 and traveled widely as a war ...
George Rodger began photographing while in the British merchant marine, under whose auspices he traveled around the world twice between 1927 and 1929. Subsequently he worked in America as a machinist, wool-buyer, steel-rigger and in other occupations before returning to England in 1936. There he worked for the BBC and freelanced for the Black ...
The early days of of photographer and Magnum co-founder George Rodger’s career were dominated by his documentation of war. His photographs of the Blitz in London caught the attention of Life Magazine, which quickly went on to hire him as a correspondent.
"Good photography is based on truth and integrity" - George Rodger, 1947. Boys of the Wagogo Tribe, Tanzania 1948. Keyhole entrance to a Nuba house, Kordofan ...
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