Charles Moore
Iconic image of firemen harassing demonstrators with high-pressure water jets, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963.
Charles Lee Moore (1931 - 2010) was an American photographer known for his photographs documenting the Civil Rights Movement. In 1958, while working in Montgomery, Alabama for the Montgomery Advertiser, Moore photographed an argument between the minister Martin Luther King Jr. and two policemen in Montgomery. These photographs were distributed nationally by the Associated Press and published in Life. Moore traveled throughout the South documenting the activities of the Civil Rights Movement. One of his most well-known photographs Birmingham, depicts demonstrators being attacked by firemen wielding high-pressure hoses. In 1962, Moore left his newspaper and turned full time freelance. He was affiliated with the Black Star photo agency which sold much of his work to Life magazine. Moore also covered the Vietnam War and conflicts in Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Haiti. He left warfare to work in nature, fashion and travel photography, in addition to corporate work. In 1989, Moore was the first recipient of the Eastman Kodak Crystal Eagle Award for Impact in Photojournalism, which is awarded by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and the University of Missouri Pictures of the Year International Competition.
Details:
Original, glossy, medium weight RC gelatin silver print with caption label and Black Star photo agency credit on the reverse.
- Date of photograph: 1963.
- Date print was made: 1980s.
Size: 8 x10 inches (204 mm x 254 mm). Condition: Good.
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