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Thomas J. Abercrombie

2006
Moartea lui Thomas J. Abercrombie


Occupation Senior Staff Photorgrapher and Writer for National Geographic Magazine
Notable award(s) NPPA National Newspaper Photographer of the Year (1954), NPPA National Magazine Photographer of the Year (1959)


Thomas J. Abercrombie (13.08.1930-03.04.2006) a fost un scriitor şi un fotograf, renumit pentru munca sa în Orientul Mijlociu  pentru National Geographic . În timpul mandatului său la revista Geographic, Abercrombie a călătorit în toate cele şapte continente, devenind fotojurnalist in  prima călătorie la Polul Sud în 1956. Alte notabile lucrari includ fotografii pentru Jacques Cousteau şi echipa lui de la bordul navei Calypso. Abercrombie a fost primul jurnalist din Vest ce a facut subiecte islamice cu pelerinajul la Mecca în articolul său :Dincolo  de Nisipurile Mecca, publicat in 1966 .



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            Thomas J. Abercrombie was born on August 13, 1930 in Stillwater, Minnesota.  Abercrombie studied art and Journalism at St. Paul’s Macalester College.  Post graduation, he was staff photographer at the Fargo Forum and Wisconsin’s Milwaukee Journal

Un arc strălucitor gaura cheii şi pereţi cu praf roşu-cadru minaretul de Moscheea Al Berdain în Meknès, Maroc. iluminat arc sugerează de asemenea, o semiluna, unul dintre simbolurile tradiţionale Islamului. Fotografie de Thomas J. Abercrombie

NGC Retrospective (Looking Back In Time) Photography

NGC Retrospective (Looking Back In Time) Photography



Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie, National Geographic Image Collection.

Algeria Port

The world's tallest Buddha statue, shown in this 1968National Geographic photograph, is slated for destruction by the Taliban.
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie/NGS


Interior of the Mosque of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) in Medina; photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie, 1970s.
Interior of the Mosque of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) in Medina; photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie, 1970s.


“Spinning their way with each step, two elderly pilgrims pick their way down from Hemis Gompa. The devout believe that each revolution of the scripture-filled copper wheels sends supplications heavenward.”

Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie for National Geographic, March 1978.
“Spinning their way with each step, two elderly pilgrims pick their way down from Hemis Gompa. The devout believe that each revolution of the scripture-filled copper wheels sends supplications heavenward.”
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie

bird-man cult.jpgPetroglyphs on Easter Island, Polynesia, preserve rituals of vanished bird-man cult.


National Geographic stock photo by Thomas J. Abercrombie. 


 
Womans Hand



Ziua Internațională a Femeii. În imagine, o femeie din Kabul transportă pe cap o cușcă cu sticleți. [Fotografia zilei - 8/03/2011]

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