Jeff Widener

Jeff Widener ( born August 11, 1956 in Long Beach ) is an American photographer, best known for his recording of the Tank Man of 1989, during the Tiananmen massacre a series of tanks. He was nominated in the sequence for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990.

Life

Spent his youth Jeff Widener in Southern California, where he studied photojournalism at Los Angeles Pierce College and Moorpark College. He received the 1974 Kodak Scholastic National Photography Scholarship and, beating competitors by 8000. The scholarship included a study tour of East Africa.

From 1978 Widener worked as a newspaper photographer in California and later in Nevada and Indiana. At the age of 25 he took a job in Brussels as a staff photographer for the United Press International. His first foreign assignment led him to the December uprising in Poland.

Over the years he worked in over 100 countries, including civil war areas and focusing on social inequalities. He was the first photojournalist who created digital recordings from the South Pole. From the Associated Press 1987 he was selected as an image editor for Southeast Asia, where he made significant reports in areas such as the Persian Gulf, East Timor, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Burma, Syria, Jordan, India, Laos, Vietnam, Pakistan and many others.

Widener today lives in Hamburg.

Stations

  • 2010 - today Freelancer based in Hamburg
  • 1997-2010 The Honolulu Advertiser - Staff Photographer
  • 1995-1997 United Press International Miami - Staff Photographer
  • 1987-1995 Associated Press - image editor for Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 1984-1986 The Miami News - Staff Photographer
  • 1981-1984 United Press International - Brussels - Staff Photographer
  • 1980-1981 The Evansville Press - Staff Photographer
  • 1979-1980 The Las Vegas Sun - Staff Photographer
  • 1977-1979 The Whittier Daily News - Staff Photographer

Awards

In addition to the nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990 Widener has received numerous awards and mentions

  • DART Award from Columbia University
  • Harry Chapin Media Award
  • Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism
  • Scoop Award in France
  • Chia Sardina Award in Italy
  • National Headliner Award ( New York Press Club )
  • Pictures Of The Year International
  • Best of Photojournalism
  • Atlanta Photojournalism
  • Belgian Press Photographers Association
  • The World Press Institute

Lectures and Interviews

Over the years, Jeff Widener has lectured at Ohio University, Utah State, University of Hawai'i Distinctive Lecture Series, Honolulu Academy of Arts. He was interviewed by BBC International, Columbia University, CBS Sunday Morning Show, The MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show as well as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR Radio, USA Today, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Irish News Radio, The London Daily Telegraph, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, EFE Spanish News Agency, The Los Angeles Times, About.Com, The Bangkok Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Photo Flock, The Huffington Post, the British Journal of Photography, Die Welt, Der Spiegel, Black and White, New York Times, Time.

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