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Greg Marinovich (South Africa)

2009-03-17 22:24:43

Greg Marinovich£¬South Africa

Greg Marinovich, born in South Africa in 1962, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and is co-author of Th

e Bang Bang Club, a non-fiction book on South Africa¡¯s transition to democracy.

He has spent 18 years doing conflict, documentary and news photography around the globe.  His photographs have appeared in top international publications such as Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian of London, among others. He is chair of the World Press master Class nominating committee for Africa, and was a World Press Photo judge in 1994 and 2006, as well as convenor of the FujiFilm awards in 2000.

Marinovich is producing books throughout Africa, with his company Silver Halide Publishing, and is chair of the Africa World Press Masterclass committee. His work is represented by South Photographs.

Statements of the jury members

Very excited to be here interacting with my Chinese and international colleagues, on my first trip to PRC.