Marcus Bleasdale
Encyclopedia
Marcus Bleasdale is a photojournalist
, born in the UK to an Irish family. He spent over eight years covering the brutal conflict within the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the work was published in his book One Hundred Years of Darkness, recognized in the best photojournalism
books of the year 2002 by Photo District News
in the USA.
Magazine, The Telegraph
Magazine, Geo, The New Yorker
, Time
, Newsweek
and National Geographic.
In 2004 he was awarded UNICEF Photographer of the Year Award, the 3p Grant and the Alexia Foundation Grant. He exhibited in New York at Moving Walls 2005 and was awarded the OSI Distribution Grant 2005 for his work with Human Rights Watch
. Bleasdale's images have also been chosen by Photo District News as 'one of the most iconic of the 21st century'.
In 2005 Bleasdale was named Magazine Photographer of the Year by POYi. In 2006 he was awarded a World Press Daily Life award and won the prestigious OPC Olivier Rebbot Award.
In 2007 Bleasdale was awarded a Freedom of Expression grant for his new project on our relationship with oil. He was also short-listed for the Amnesty International
Photojournalism Awards.
In 2009 Bleasdale won Magazine news award in POYi by http://www.poyi.org/66/21/index.php.
In 2010 he was awarded the Hansel-Mieth Award and won the prestigious POY best book award in the USA http://www.poyi.org/67/BestPhotographyBookAward/index.php. Finally he was awarded the Anthropographia award for photography and Human Rights http://www.anthropographia.org/2.0/.
Bleasdale is represented by the VII Photo Agency.
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
, born in the UK to an Irish family. He spent over eight years covering the brutal conflict within the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the work was published in his book One Hundred Years of Darkness, recognized in the best photojournalism
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
books of the year 2002 by Photo District News
Photo District News
Photo District News is an American monthly trade publication for professional photographers. PDN was first published in 1980. The publication takes its name from New York City's photo district, an area of photo businesses that was once located in Flatiron District.Originally named New York Photo...
in the USA.
Publications
Bleasdale is widely published in Europe and the USA in The Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times
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Magazine, The Telegraph
The Telegraph (magazine)
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Magazine, Geo, The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, Time
Time (magazine)
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, Newsweek
Newsweek
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and National Geographic.
Awards
Bleasdale has received acclaim for his work over the years, including several first prizes in POY and NPPA awards.In 2004 he was awarded UNICEF Photographer of the Year Award, the 3p Grant and the Alexia Foundation Grant. He exhibited in New York at Moving Walls 2005 and was awarded the OSI Distribution Grant 2005 for his work with Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
. Bleasdale's images have also been chosen by Photo District News as 'one of the most iconic of the 21st century'.
In 2005 Bleasdale was named Magazine Photographer of the Year by POYi. In 2006 he was awarded a World Press Daily Life award and won the prestigious OPC Olivier Rebbot Award.
In 2007 Bleasdale was awarded a Freedom of Expression grant for his new project on our relationship with oil. He was also short-listed for the Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
Photojournalism Awards.
In 2009 Bleasdale won Magazine news award in POYi by http://www.poyi.org/66/21/index.php.
In 2010 he was awarded the Hansel-Mieth Award and won the prestigious POY best book award in the USA http://www.poyi.org/67/BestPhotographyBookAward/index.php. Finally he was awarded the Anthropographia award for photography and Human Rights http://www.anthropographia.org/2.0/.
Bleasdale is represented by the VII Photo Agency.
Book
- One Hundred Years of Darkness. London: Pirogue, 2003. ISBN 0954301501.
- The Rape of a Nation. London: Mets and Schilt, 2009. ISBN 9789053306710.