Question- Famous photo editor John G. Morris passed away recently. Which of the following is his autobiography ?
(a) Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism
(b) Regarding the pain of others
(d) Eyewitness
(d) Magnum Degrees
Ans: (a)
Related facts:-
- On July 28, 2017, renowned picture editorJohn Godfrey Morris died. He was 100 years old.
- He was born on December 7, 1916 in Maple Shade, New Jersey.
- He worked for the weekly Picture Magazine ‘Life’ during the entire World War II.
- He also worked for The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic and the celebrated cooperative agency Magnum Photos.
- While working for The Times during the Vietnam War, he successfully argued for front-page display of Eddie Adams’s photograph of a Saigon police chief shooting a suspected Vietcong insurgent in the head.
- It appeared as the lead picture on Feb. 2, 1968, and became one of the most indelible images to emerge from the war.
- His editing of Mr. Capa’s photos of D-Day produced one of the more enduring bits of lore in photojournalism history.
- He was presented with the Légiond’ Honneur, in 2009, and an Infinity Award for lifetime achievement given by the International Center of Photography in New York in 2010.
- Mr. Morris published his autobiography, “Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism,” in 1998.
Related Links:-
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/business/john-g-morris-renowned-photo-editor-dies-at-100.html
https://petapixel.com/2017/07/28/legendary-photo-editor-john-g-morris-dies-100/