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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 .
George William Adam Rodger (19 March 1908 – 24 July 1995) was a British photojournalist. He was well-known for his photography work in Africa and for documenting people's deaths at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the end of World War II .
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George Rodger (March 19, 1908 - July 24, 1995) was a self-taught British photojournalist, who became famous for capturing on film the horrors of Second World War. His works included The Blitz in the United Kingdom in 1939, and the first photographs of the death camps at Bergen-Belsen at the end of the war in 1945.
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. ID: 920364. Information from Wikipedia, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Jul 26, 1995 · George Rodger, a pioneering photojournalist who covered World War II for Life magazine and later helped to found the Magnum photo agency, died today in his home in southern England. He was 87.
(1908 - 1995) British. Biography. 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.
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.
