Richard Drew (photographer)

Richard Drew (photographer)

Richard Drew (born 1946) is an Associated Press photo-journalist, perhaps most notable for his photo "The Falling Man" which depicts one of the people who chose to jump out of the World Trade Center towers following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

A British documentary "The Falling Man" about the photo premiered on the Discovery Times channel on September 10, 2007.

Drew was one of four press photographers present at the assassination of Bobby Kennedy [ [http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0110/drew.htm Richard Drew by Peter Howe - The Digital Journalist ] ] , and continued taking photographs of the dying politician while Kennedy's wife asked him to stop. [ [http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2003/030903_mfe_falling_1.html The Falling Man - Esquire ] ]

Drew has been an Associated Press photographer for 37 years, and lives with his wife and two daughters in New York City.

References

External links

* [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0110/11/ltm.06.html CNN Interview with Richard Drew]
*Junod, Tom "The Falling Man", [http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2003/030903_mfe_falling_1.html "Esquire"] (September 2003).
*"9/11: The Falling Man" (March 16 2006). Channel 4.
*Howe, Peter (2001). "Richard Drew". "The Digital Journalist". [http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0110/drew.htm]


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