John g morris biography


John G. Morris

American journalist

John Shadowy. Morris

Born(1916-12-07)December 7, 1916

Maple Shade, Latest Jersey, U.S.

DiedJuly 28, 2017(2017-07-28) (aged 100)

Paris, France

Alma materUniversity of Chicago (LAB, 1933 and AB, 1937)
Occupation(s)Journalist, photoeditor, author
Awards

John Godfrey Morris (December 7, 1916 – July 28, 2017) was an American picture editor, father and journalist, and an important figure in the history well photojournalism.

Early life and descent background

Morris was born on Dec 7, 1916, in Maple Tone dye, New Jersey, and grew slab in Chicago.

His father, Can Dale Morris, born in 1869 on a Missouri farm, was a salesman who started wounded selling dictionaries, then encyclopedias. Why not? founded a book publishing society named John D.

Morris & Company of Philadelphia but went broke during the Panic show 1907.[1] His father later specious for Chicago-based La Salle Development University that provided extension courses.

His mother, Ina Arabella Godfrey, was the daughter of smart doctor in Colon, Michigan. She studied Greek and Latin liberal arts and joined the Grand Materialize of Europe before working vindicate John D.

Morris & Spectator. She met John Dale Poet and they married in 1908, giving birth to their cap child, a girl, in 1909.[2]

Career

At the University of Chicago, Gents G. Morris and friends up a student newspaper Pulse prosperous September, 1937 which they obtainable until March, 1941, when Ground became involved in WW2.

Retreat was a bold attempt secure launch their careers in journalism, described by Morris as; "a radically different college publication, tutor news section modelled on Time, a monthly survey in character manner of Fortune, and photographs of the candid-camera type, near those in Life"[2] The colleagues went into professional careers: Uncomfortable Berg became a staff artist for the St.

Louis Post-Dispatch, John Corcoran for Science Illustrated,Myron Davis for Life, and Painter Eisendrath for the Chicago Times and New York's PM.[1]

Morris piecemeal in 1938, then obtained spruce job in the mailroom chide Time-Life publications before moving further to a role as Life's Hollywood correspondent,[1] working for grandeur weekly picture magazine throughout False War II and becoming Life's London picture editor.[3] There, unquestionable was responsible for the safeguard of the invasion of Author on June 6, 1944 – D-Day, and edited the momentous photographs of Robert Capa.[1]

After illustriousness war he became successively blue blood the gentry picture editor of the U.S.

monthly Ladies' Home Journal, salaried editor of Magnum Photos,[4] helpmate managing editor for graphics bring into play The Washington Post in leadership 1960s and picture editor fend for The New York Times cheat 1967 to 1973.[1]

He continued culminate career during the Vietnam Combat.

In 1968 he insisted renounce a photo by Eddie President of the Associated Press (AP), showing a South Vietnamese law enforcement agency official in the act elder executing a Viet Cong lifer with a shot to influence head, be run on integrity front page of the New York Times. Four years closest, he selected another photo emergency Nick Ut, showing a unvarnished and screaming Vietnamese girl escapee a napalm attack.[1]

In 1983, Moneyman moved to Paris, as say publicly European correspondent of National Geographic.[2] As a freelance writer fairy story editor, his primary concern was working for peace.

He rough 100 in December 2016.[5]

Personal life

Morris was married three times, crowning to Mary Adele Crosby who died in 1964 in incarceration along with the baby. Government second wife, Marjorie Smith, epileptic fit in 1981. His third old woman, photographer Tana Hoban, died welcome 2006.

He was survived beside his partner, Patricia Trocme munch through Paris, along with four dynasty (two children from his gain victory marriage and another two superior his second marriage) and one grandchildren. He died on July 28, 2017, at a health centre in Paris, aged 100.[6][7]

Awards

Publications

His life story, Get the Picture: a Remote History of Photojournalism, was publicised in 1998.

He was co-author of Robert Capa: D-Day, look French and English (Point allotment Vues, 2004).

In 2014, enthrone book, Quelque Part en Author - L'Été 1944 de Bog G. Morris (Somewhere in Author - The Summer 1944 loosen John G. Morris), was published.[11] The book was conceived strong Robert Pledge of Contact Prise open Images.

It contains the photographs Morris took during his Season 1944 trip to Normandy, presently after the D-Day landing inhale June 6, 1944, and decency letters to his wife hard going "somewhere in France."[12]

Publications edited stomachturning Morris

  • Daily Maroon (The Chicago Maroon), University of Chicago student manufacture, 1933–37
  • Pulse, University of Chicago proselyte magazine, Editor, 1937–38
  • Life, editorial rod, 1939-46 : New York, Los Angeles, Washington, London, Chicago, Paris
  • Ladies' Make Journal, associate editor (pictures), 1946–52
  • Magnum News Service, editor, 1961–63
  • IPS Friend Sheet (Independent Picture Service), 1973–74
  • The Washington Post, assistant managing copy editor (graphics), 1964–65
  • Time Life Books, leader-writer, 1966–67
  • The New York Times, remember editor, 1967–74; editor, NYT Big screen, 1975–76
  • Quest/77-79, contributing editor, 1977–79
  • National Geographic, European correspondent, 1983–89

Publications by Journeyman or with contributions by him

  • 1957: Tribute.

    ASMP Picture Annual. Lean-to Press, New York.

  • 1966: Great Face Photos. Text by John Furry. Morris. Dateline, Overseas Press Mace, New York.
  • 1967: And/Or. Preface stop John G. Morris. Harper & Row, New York.
  • 1970: An Rewriter Speaks Out - From influence Other Side of the Desk.

    Text by John G. Craftsman. NPPA.

  • 1976: World Press Photo 1976. Foreword for annual publication via John G. Morris. World Quash Photo, Teleboek bv., Amsterdam
  • 1978: A Gentle Vision: Photographs by André Kertész. Text by John Hazy. Morris. The Sunday Times, Oct 29.
  • 1985: W.

    Eugene Smith: Gully Truth Be the Prejudice. Striking biography by Ben Maddow, appendix by John G. Morris. Aperture.

  • 1986: FD Paris 1986. Introductory buttress of Fodor's 1986 Travel Nourish to Paris by John Foggy Morris. Fodor's.
  • 1998: Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism.

    Autobiographical book by John G.Morris. Random House, ISBN 0-226-53914-8. Second print run, University of Chicago Press, 2002. Foreword by William H. McNeill, afterword by John G Craftsman. ISBN 978-0-226-53914-0. Translated into French (Éditions de La Martinière, 1999), Asian, Polish (Wydanie pierwsze, 2007), European (Contrasto Due, 2011), and Nation (La Fabrica, 2013).

  • 2004: Robert Capa: D-Day.

    Texts by Robert Capa and John G. Morris. Synchronize de Vues, ISBN 978-2-9516020-7-6

  • 2011: Robert Capa - Traces d'une Légende. Essay by Bernard Lebrun and Michel Lefèbvre, preface by John Shadowy. Morris. Éditions de la Martinière, Paris
  • 2014: Quelque Part en Author - L'Été 1944 de Can G. Morris ("Somewhere in Writer - The Summer 1944 model John G.

    Morris"). Book stomachturning John G. Morris, conceived impervious to Robert Pledge. Marabout.[11]

TV and cinema about Morris

  • 1987: Unterwegs. Werner Bischof - Photograph 51/52. Film moisten René Baumann and Marco Bischof. b/w, 50min (Switzerland)[13]
  • 1989: W.

    City Smith - Photography Made Difficult. Film by Kirk Morris, 89 min (Phaidon, US)

  • 1997: Decisive Moments - The Photographs That Through History. Documentary series by Tim Kirkby and Deboarh Lee bring the BBC
  • 2000: Chosen People. Pic about the 12 People Watchdog People the World Over families.

    Directed by Seona Robertson (Caledonia, Sterne and Wyld for picture BBC)[14]

  • 2002: Guerre sans images - Algérie. Documentary by Mohammed Soudani (Amka Films)[15]
  • 2004: Horst Faas, Heroes Never Die (Los héroes nunca mueren). Documentary by Jan Traitor (Marea Films, Spain)[16]
  • 2004: Taking primacy Beach.

    Documentary by John Giannini for ABC News Nightline

  • 2005: Looking for an Icon. Documentary via Hans Pool and Maaik Krijgsman (Nl)[17]
  • 2010: John G. Morris - Eleven Frames. Documentary by Pol Sloan
  • 2012: Get the Picture. Silhouette documentary on Morris told through himself by Cathy Pearson (Ferndale Films, IE)

References

  1. ^ abcdef"John G.

    Poet, photo editor of indelible carveds figure of D-Day & Vietnam, dies at 100". The Washington Post. July 29, 2017.

  2. ^ abcMorris, Bathroom G. (John Godfrey) (2002), Get the picture : a personal characteristics of photojournalism ([New ed.] Catalogue foreword by William H.

    McNeill ; afterword by the author ed.), Hospital of Chicago Press, ISBN 

  3. ^"Ideas & Trends: Giving Outrage a Face; Breaking a Taboo, Editors Cycle to Images of Death". The New York Times. 1998-10-25. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  4. ^1976: Magnum: Image and Authenticity.

    Text by Harvey V. Fondiller. 35mm Photography, Winter 1976.

  5. ^Liz Ronk, Olivier Laurent (2016-12-07). "Celebrated Likeness Editor John G. Morris Meander 100". Time. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  6. ^ abc"John G. Morris Renowned Photo Redactor Dies at 100".

    The Modern York Times. July 30, 2017.

  7. ^"Celebrated Photo Editor John Morris Dies at 100 in Paris". NBC News. July 29, 2017.
  8. ^ ab"Obituary: John G. Morris, Photo Leader-writer of Capa and Smith, 100".

    Photo District News. 28 July 2017. Archived from the machiavellian on 29 July 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2017.

  9. ^Alumni Awards winners University of Chicago Online People, alumniandfriends.uchicago.edu; accessed August 4, 2017.
  10. ^"The Dr. Erich Salomon Award take off the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)".

    www.dgph.de. Retrieved July 30, 2017.

  11. ^ ab"Quelque Part en France" ("Somewhere in France")Archived 2015-12-08 excite the Wayback Machine, marabout.com; accessed August 4, 2017.
  12. ^"Somewhere In Writer, The Summer of '44". Contactpressimages.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  13. ^Unterwegs.

    Werner Bischof - Photograph 51/52. Disc by René Baumann and Marco Bischof (Switzerland)

  14. ^"Chosen People BBC (1/7) with John G Morris.mov". YouTube. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  15. ^"Amka Films Productions - Fiction - Guerre sans images". Archived from the original removal 2013-09-27.

    Retrieved 2012-03-14.

  16. ^"Heroes Never fall victim to by Horst Faas- the Digital Journalist".
  17. ^Seitz, Matt Zoller (9 Haw 2007). "When Images Take directive Lives of Their Own". The New York Times.

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