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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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About Me
- John shearer
- John Shearer is a true renaissance man, fashioned in the mold of Gordon Parks. Like Parks, Shearer has been a photographer, writer, director, lecturer and professor. Gordon Parks was the first African American staff photographer at LIFE, John the second. At 17, Shearer was one of the youngest staff photographers ever hired by a major publication when LOOK hired him. On Staff with LOOK 1966-1969, John covered civil rights and the race riots of the 60s. Shearer was hired by LIFE in 1968, where he worked as a staff photographer until the magazine ceased regular weekly publications in 1972. One of Shearer's classic stories for LIFE was his coverage of the first Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier fight, "Fight of the Century." Among Shearer's most important stories was his coverage of the Attica Prison riots in 1972. Shearer was the only photographer allowed inside the prison during the assault by New York law enforcement authorities. John Shearer has won 175 national photography awards. His work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, and the Whitney Museum. - Life Picture Collection-
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