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Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956 in Long Beach, California) is an American photographer, best known for his image of the Tank Man confronting a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which made him a nominated finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer. Through the years, he has covered assignments in over 100 countries involving civil unrest and wars to social issues. He was the first photojournalist to file digital images from the South Pole. In 1987, he was hired as Associated Press Picture Editor for Southeast Asia where he covered major stories in the region from the Gulf War to the Olympics. Other beats included East Timor, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Burma, Syria, Jordan, India, Laos, Vietnam, Pakistan and many more. Widener is now based in Hamburg, Germany. ==Background== Jeff grew up in Southern California where he attended Los Angeles Pierce College and Moorpark College majoring in photojournalism. In 1974 he received the Kodak Scholastic National Photography Scholarship beating out 8,000 students from across the United States. The prize included a study tour of East Africa. In 1978, Widener started as a newspaper photographer in California and later in Nevada and Indiana. At age 25, he accepted a position in Brussels, Belgium as a staff photographer with United Press International. His first foreign assignment was the Solidarity riots in Poland. *2010 – present Freelance based in Hamburg, Germany *1997–2010 ''The Honolulu Advertiser'' – Staff Photographer *1995–1997 United Press International Miami – Staff Photographer *1987–1995 Associated Press – Southeast Asia Picture Editor Bangkok, Thailand *1984–1986 ''The Miami News'' – Staff photographer *1981–1984 United Press International – Brussels, Belgium – 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 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「Jeff Widener」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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