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Ira Block (born 1949, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American photographer.〔(Ira Block Photography )〕 Since the mid-1970s, he has shot many stories for the National Geographic Magazine,〔() National Geographic Photographer Biographies〕 National Geographic Traveler, and also National Geographic Adventure. He has photographed diverse locations in Africa, the Australian outback, the Gobi Desert, Siberia, and the North Pole where he spent three months with the late, world famous Japanese explorer, Naomi Uemura. Block's archive includes rare archaeological relics from ancient sites in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as some of the only recorded images of the ritual dances of the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest. / ==Photography career== While a student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Block shot for the Wisconsin State Journal and covered the turbulent 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago for United Press International. After leaving Wisconsin, he freelanced in New York for many magazines including Sports Illustrated Magazine, TIME and Life (magazine)|LIFE]]. He was also a regular contributor to many foreign publications including Stern, Paris Match and German Geo Magazine. His first National Geographic Magazine assignment was The Continental Shelf: Man's New Frontier in April 1978. In the September 1978 edition, he documented the late Japanese explorer Naomi Uemera's solo expedition by dog sled to the North Pole. Following that he photographed a series of stories on indigenous and ancient people including the Fremont and Anasazi cultures in the United States, the Aboriginal people of Australia, and the Moche in Peru. His archaeological work includes worldwide, underwater treasure, colonial excavations in Jamestown, Virginia〔''National Geographic Magazine'' |date=June 2002. Page 74〕 and Civil War ship wrecks.〔''National Geographic Magazine'' March 2006, Page 136. July 2002, Page 82.〕 Additionally, he has photographed major, worldwide dinosaur finds and specimens. During the summer of 2007, Block spent time in the Gobi Desert and other parts of China for the July 2008 story, The Real Jurassic Park. A collection of his work has been exhibited at the Ordover Gallery in Solana Beach, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ira Block」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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