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Photographer of the month

Osir Muhammad, photographer of human tragedies, collects his international award

Osir Muhammad, a photographer who lives in Chicago and considers himself one of its citizens, recently won one of the American awards, and before talking about him, we take a look at the nature of the award and other awards that are given on the same occasion, two of which were won by Newsday workers, one of them Muhammad and the other named Murray Kimpton.

The American Press Editors Association and the University of Long Island in the United States of America are known to present annual awards as a tribute to CBS correspondent George Polk, who was assassinated during the American Civil War in 1948, and it is noticeable this year 1985 that two of the staff of Newsday (NEWS day) The two award-winners are Murray Limpton, commentator, who won the Distinguished Writing Award from the Press Editors' Association. Comments on which he was named include an homage to Count Basie and a heartfelt defense of the Republican Party, with blame directed at the New York City Police Department. And all those who underestimate General Westmorland's military actions.

Three other writers won similar awards, selected out of 450 contestants. The other prize for Newsday was the share of Ozair Muhammad, who, along with thirteen other contestants, won the annual George Polk Award for Journalism from Long Island University.

Other major Polk Award winners, chosen out of 500 nominees, include Robert Barry of the Associated Press, Mark Feynman of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and John Vainacourt of The New York Times. And these won, according to national, foreign and press reports, respectively. Barry revealed the existence of manuals for the Agency (CIA) guiding the military in Nicaragua to the means of assassination; Meinman has covered recent uprisings in India: Vainacore won based on an article in the magazine, Sendai, on the thirty years of General Alfredo Stroessner's rule of Paraguay.

Osir Muhammad
What does Osir Muhammad say about himself?

I'm from Chicago. My interest in photography began in the 1960s. As I was most influenced by the civil rights movements and the protest against war and civil disobedience, some of my favorite photos were those taken in south Montgomery and the counties into which the Alabamacomputer bus was directed and the passages attached to the Freedom Act. I was also struck by pictures from the march to Washington.

As for his work as a professional, Muhammad says:
In Chicago, I dabbled with black prints, and I nurtured in myself an interest in photography as art at Columbia College, Chicago, which was, and still is, competing with the Chicago Art Foundation, seeking recognition as the leading school of photographic art.

Regarding other international photographers, he says:
- Robert Frank, Roy DeCarava, Walker Evansoli, Friedlander, and Dwayne Michaels are the photographers.
The photographers whose work I admire have a calm and refined insight that transcends the constraints of style, and their images are characterized by the elements of spontaneity and truth.

Regarding the field of study, Muhammad says:
She studied photography as art and journalism at Columbia College, where she followed a documentary approach to making portraits. After graduation, I worked for six years with Ebony Magazine, then I left it because I felt that my growth had reached its peak there, and I needed to move to a new level, so I went to work with the Charlotte Observer. . Where I stayed for two years, and I am now working with Newsday - on Long Island, I still persist in making private images and I show my personal work in galleries located throughout New York City.

Finally, Ozair Muhammad presents a group of his works that he considers bright stations in his photographic career. An overview of Jamaica, W.I.
- 1973 .. In the magazine, Ebony » Sixth African Conference Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- 1974. Ebony.
Father Clements and Holy Angels School, Chicago
- 1973.. Ebony.
A black herds breeder during a breeding process that is part of the championship competitions.
- 1975.. Ebony.
Third World Festival of Arts and Culture, Lagos, Nigeria
- 1977.. Ebony.
Newsday - Itinerant peasant family in Aiken, South Carolina
- 1978. The Charlotte Observer - Drought in Africa - East, West and South Africa - 1984 Newsday.

New York - Harry Gundjian.