George Rodger

George Rodger
Born(1908-03-19)19 March 1908
Died24 July 1995(1995-07-24) (aged 87)
Ashford, Kent, England
OccupationPhotographer
OrganizationMagnum Photos
Spouses
  • Cicely Rodger (died 1949)
Lois "Jinx" Witherspoon
(m. 1952)
[1]
Children3, including Peter Rodger
RelativesElliot Rodger (grandson)

George William Adam Rodger (19 March 1908 – 24 July 1995)[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ "Opinion / More to the Picture: LETTER to the EDITOR". The New York Times. 14 October 1994.
  2. ^ Alan Riding (26 July 1995). "George Rodger Is Dead at 87; A Pioneering Photojournalist". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Celinscak, Mark (2015). Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Concentration Camp. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442615700.

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