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3 unusual facts about George Rodger


George Rodger

He also covered the retreat of the British forces in Burma and was probably the only British war reporter/photographer to be allowed to drive along and write a story on the Burma Road by travelling on it into China, with special permission from the Chinese commanding generals.

Born in Hale, Cheshire, of Scottish descent, Rodger went to school at St.Bees School in Cumberland then joined the British Merchant Navy and sailed around the world.

Gerti Deutsch

Morath was a photographer with the renowned Magnum Agency (founded in 1948 by George Rodger; David Seymour; Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, specialising in what became known as humanitarian photography).



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Nicky Hamlyn

He has exhibited films with a fellow Professor, the film director and writer Andrew Kotting in 2008 at The George Rodger Gallery in Maidstone, Kent.