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Greenwich

George Rodger

(British, 1908–1995)

moran warrior by george rodger

George Rodger

Moran Warrior, 1979

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the champion by george rodger

George Rodger

The Champion, 1949

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bracelet dancers by george rodger

George Rodger

Bracelet Dancers, 1949

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moving a house by george rodger

George Rodger

Moving a House, 1953

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reconstruction by george rodger

George Rodger

Reconstruction, 1945

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winston churchill with general montgomery by george rodger

George Rodger

Winston Churchill with General Montgomery, 1945

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running home by george rodger

George Rodger

Running Home, 1945

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skeins of cotton by george rodger

George Rodger

Skeins of Cotton, 1958

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two men by george rodger

George Rodger

Two Men, 1942

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the arab legion desert patrol (square) by george rodger

George Rodger

The Arab Legion Desert Patrol (Square), 1941

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american gi by george rodger

George Rodger

American GI, 1943

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the hausa by george rodger

George Rodger

The Hausa, 1940

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Biography

Timeline

1908
Born in Cheshire
1921 - 1925
St. Bee’s College, Cumbria, UK
1947
Rodger was invited to join Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour and William Vandivert in founding Magnum Photos
1985
First Prize at "Peace in the World" exhibition in Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia)
1993
Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society
Honorary Fellow of Kent Institute of Art and Design
1995
Died in Kent on 24 July

Exhibitions

2004
Retrospective – Photo Gallery International, Tokyo, Japan
The African Photographs (with Ian Berry) – Brunei Gallery, London, UK
2000 - 2001
George Rodger Retrospective – Doisneau Gallery, Paris, France; Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, Ca, USA; Leica Gallery, New York, USA
1999
Village of the Nubas – Focus Gallery, London, UK
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, California (exhibition with Peter Rodger)
1998
Amnesty International Speech in Honour of George Rodger – The Photographers’ Gallery Print Room, London, UK
1996
A Photographic Journey – Birmingham Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
The African Photographs – National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
La Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France
George Rodger, Photographer – Kent Library, Ashford, Kent, UK

Literature

1999
George Rodger, Photographic Voyager (text by Carroll Naggar and Barry Singer), Barry Singer Gallery, USA)
1997
George Rodger: The African Photographs (text by Bruce Bernard), The British Council, UK
1994 - 1999
Humanity and Inhumanity: The Photographic Journey of George Rodger (text by Bruce Bernard), Phaidon, USA
1990 - 1991
The Blitz: The Photography of George Rodger, Viking, UK/E Rutherford: Penguin, USA
1987
George Rodger, Magnum Opus: Fifty Years in Photojournalism, Dirk Nishen, UK and Germany
1975
World of the Horse (with Judith Campbell), Octopus and Ridge Press, UK/USA
1974
George Rodger, Gordon Fraser/Arts Council of Great Britain, UK
1955 - 1999
Village of the Nubas, Delpire, France/Phaidon, UK
1944
Desert Journey, The Cresset Press, UK
1943
Red Moon Rising, The Cresset Press, UK
English (US)

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