Jeff Widener

Jeff Widener

Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956) in Long Beach, CA is the Associated Press photojournalist who took the world-famous picture of "The Unknown Rebel" in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square Protests. The photo depicts a lone protester who halted a column of advancing tanks for more than half an hour.cite web |url=http://www.sundayherald.com/misc/print.php?artid=1494219 |title=Printer Friendly Format - Sunday Herald |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2007-06-23|accessdate=2008-08-07]

Widener took the photo from the sixth floor of the Beijing Hotel, about half a mile away, through a 400mm lens. He was subsequently nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for "Spot News Photography".

As of 2004, Widener is a staff photographer for the "Honolulu Advertiser". cite web |url=http://starbulletin.com/2004/06/03/features/story2.html |title=Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features |author=Nadine Kam |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2004-06-03|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5ZuKNx9wh|archivedate= 2008-08-07|quote= |accessdate=2008-08-07]

Widener has won numerous awards from the local Society of Professional Journalists and won second place for a pictorial in the 2004 National Press Photographers Association awards.cite web |url=http://www.nppa.org/competitions/best_of_still_photojournalism/2004/winners/still/PIC/2nd-Widener.html |title=Best of Still Photojournalism 2004 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5ZuJl4Yk7|archivedate= 2008-08-07|quote= |accessdate=2008-08-07]

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External links

* www.jeffwidener.com


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