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You are bidding on a fantastic original Framed, Signed, Dated and Titled Photograph by British Master Photographer GEORGE RODGER (1908-1995) There are hundreds of links, notes and articles on the web about this amazing photographer. Feel free to do your own search and learn more about his amazing life and art (artnet, artprice, etc) and most importantly how much his work sells for worldwide. This Photograph has a very reasonable price in comparison to the prices offered at Art Galleries for his work and Auction Houses. I have enclosed below an excellet biography about his life and art history. I bought it at a very well known New York Auction House and this image has been in my collection for a while. Here are the details about this image: GEORGE RODGER (British, 1908-1995) "KORDOFAN (KAO-NYARO GIRL WITH LIP PLUG)" Gelatin Silver Print Signed, dated and titled on Verso "George Rodger Kordofan 1949" (see photo) Image Size: 12" High x 8†Wide – 30.1cm High x 20.3cm Wide Sheet: 14" High x 11" Wide - 35.5cm High x 27.9cm Wide Frame: 20†High x 16†wide / 50.7cm high x 40.7cm wide OFFERED FRAMED (regular metal frame / glass) CONDITION REPORT: The overall condition is excellent. (See pictures and feel free to ask me for any additional images). Overall the condition of the frame and matt is also very good. PLEASE READ THIS: I am an extremely honest person and have excellent reputation and feedback on ebay (feel free to check it). I will make everything possible to make any ebay transaction a smooth and positive experience. I will also try to describe the item as accurate as possible. Feel free to ask me any questions and for additional photos. I’ll be offering other important images, paintings, photographs and antiques on ebay. I only offer unique high quality items bought from very diverse sources, collections and estates. Bid with confidence. Good Luck George Rodger (1908-24 July 1995) was a British photojournalist noted for his work in Africa and for taking the first photographs of the death camps at Bergen-Belsen at the end of the Second World War. Born in Hale, Cheshire, of Scottish descent, Rodger went to school at St. Bede's College in Manchester then joined the British Merchant Navy and sailed around the world. While sailing, Rodger wrote accounts of his travels and taught himself photography to illustrate his travelogues. However, he was unable to get his travel writing published; after a short spell in America, where he failed to find work during the Depression, he returned to Britain in 1936. In London he was fortunate to find work as a photographer for the BBC's The Listener magazine, which was followed in 1938 by a brief stint working for the Black Star Agency. With the outbreak of the Second World War, Rodger had a strong urge to chronicle the war. His photographs of the Blitz gained him a job as a war correspondent for Life magazine. He covered the war in West Africa extensively and towards the end of the war followed the allied liberation of France, Belgium and Holland. He also covered the retreat of the British forces in Burma and was probably the only British war reporter/photographer to be allowed to drive along and write a story on the Burma Road by travelling on it into China, with special permission from the Chinese commanding generals. Most notably, Rodger was the first photographer to enter the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in 1945. His photographs of the few survivors and piles of corpses were published in Life and Time magazines and were highly influential in showing the reality of the death camps. Rodger later recalled how, after spending several hours at the camp, he was appalled to realise that he had spent most of the time looking for graphically pleasing compositions of the piles of bodies lying among the trees and buildings. This traumatic experience lead Rodger to conclude that he couldn't work as a war correspondent again. Leaving Life, he travelled throughout Africa and the Middle East, continuing to document these area's wildlife and people. In 1947, Rodger became a founder member of Magnum Photos and over the next thirty years worked as a freelance photographer, taking on many expeditions and assignments to photograph the people, landscape and nature of Africa. Much of Rodger's photojournalism in Africa was published in National Geographic as well as other magazines and newspapers. Publications: Red Moon Rising, The Cresset Press 1943 Desert Journey, The Cresset Press, 1944 Village des Noubas (1955) Le Sahara (1957) George Rodger : Humanity and Inhumanity (1994)
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