George Rodger

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

George William Adam Rodger (19 March 1908 – 24 July 1995) was a British photojournalist. He was well-known for his photography work in Africa and for documenting people's deaths at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the end of World War II.

Background

Rodger's first wife, Cicely, who traveled a lot with him in Africa, passed away in 1949 while giving birth. In 1952, he married Lois "Jinx" Witherspoon, his assistant from America, and they had two sons together. One of their sons, Peter, was a filmmaker in Britain. Rodger was the grandfather of Elliot Rodger, the man responsible for the 2014 Isla Vista killings.

References

  1. ↑ "Opinion / More to the Picture: LETTER to the EDITOR". NYTimes.com. October 14, 1994.
  2. ↑ Alan Riding (26 July 1995). "George Rodger Is Dead at 87; A Pioneering Photojournalist". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Springer, Andrew. "The Secret Life of Elliot Rodger". ABC News. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ Massarella, Linda; K. Li, David; Golding, Bruce (May 26, 2014). "The woman the UCSB killer blamed for his misogyny". New York Post. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ "California killer Elliot Rodger remembered happy English childhood". The Guardian. May 25, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2024.