Joe O'Donnell

Joe O'Donnell

"For the football player of the same name see Joe O'Donnell (football player)."

Joseph (Joe) Roger O'Donnell (May 7, 1922 – August 9, 2007) was an American documentary photographer, photojournalist and a photographer for the United States Information Agency. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, his most famous work was documenting photographically the immediate aftermath of the atomic bomb explosions at Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 and 1946 as a Marine photographer.

He died in Nashville, Tennessee.

A controversy followed the printing of his obituary in the press. Some of the photographs that had been attributed to O'Donnell were actually shot by other photographers. Citation | last=Wilson | first=Michael | title=Known for Famous Photos, Not All of Them His | newspaper=The New York Times | volume= | issue= | pages=
year=2007 | date=September 15
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/nyregion/15photographer.html
] A photograph of a saluting John F. Kennedy Jr. during the funeral for his father in 1963 was taken by Stanley Stearns for United Press International, not by O'Donnell. O'Donnell also claimed credit for a photograph showing Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill during a wartime meeting in Tehran, Iran, in 1943, but O'Donnell is not known to have been in Tehran at the time. O'Donnell's son Tyge O'Donnell attributes some of the instances of his father's taking credit for others' work to the onset of dementia in the 1990s.

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/thephoenixventure The Phoenix Venture] website featuring O'Donnell's photos from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
* [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxr-5JLVMr20dnK7-hwboii4biIA AP article on the photo controversy] by Travis Loller
* [http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2007/09/odon01.html National Press Photographers Association article on O'Donnell and the obituary controversies]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2279980.ece The Times Obituary]
* [http://www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/bookdetail.asp?book_id=3972 "Japan 1945--A U.S. Marine’s Photographs from Ground Zero", photos by Joe O'Donnell]
* [http://www.bluescoutproductions.com Info from a pending documentary of Joe O'Donnell] by David Tower
* [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003634662 Editor & Publisher article on the obituary controversy] by Greg Mitchell
*Clark Hoyt, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/opinion/16pubed.htm "Pictures Worth a Thousand Questions"] , "New York Times", September 16, 2007


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Joe O’Donnell — (* 7. Mai 1922 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania; † 9. August 2007) war ein US amerikanischer Fotograf. Weltbekannt wurde er durch die Aufnahmen der Zerstörung durch die Atombomben auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki am Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges, welche er… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joe O'Donnell (American football) — Infobox Pro Football player Name=Joe O Donnell Color=Blue fontcolor=Red DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1941|08|31 Birthplace= Ann Arbor, Michigan Position=Offensive guard College=Michigan NFLDraftedYear=1964 NFLDraftedRound=3 / Pick 40 (By the… …   Wikipedia

  • Joe Volpe — Infobox CanadianMP honorific prefix = The Honourable name = Giuseppe Volpe honorific suffix = PC, MP riding = Eglinton Lawrence parliament = Canadian term start = 1988 election term end = predecessor = Roland de Corneille successor = birth date …   Wikipedia

  • Joe McCartin — John Joseph Joe McCartin (born 24 April 1939) is a retired Irish Fine Gael party politician, who served in both houses of the Oireachtas and in the European Parliament. Early life He was born Aughnasheelan, Ballinamore, County Leitrim, the son of …   Wikipedia

  • Donnell Woolford — Position(s) Cornerback Jersey #(s) 21 Born January 6, 1966 (1966 01 06) (age 45) Baltimore, Maryland Career …   Wikipedia

  • Joe Namath — Namath in 2003 No. 12      Quarterback Personal information Date of birth: May 31, 1943 …   Wikipedia

  • Joe Greene (American football) — Joe Greene Position(s) Defensive Tackle Jersey #(s) 75 (72 early 1969) Born September 24, 1946 (1946 09 24) (age 65) Temple, Texas …   Wikipedia

  • Joe Biden — Vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Joe Namath — Données générales Nom complet Joseph William Namath Nationalité …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joe Smooth — was a producer and DJ of house music during the late 1980s and early 1990s.Early lifeJoe Smooth was a self taught musician, and started creating original music at the age of 12. In his teenage years, he began to make a name for himself as a DJ in …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”