John Shearer (photographer, born 1947)
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- Photographer
- Artist
John Oliver Shearer | |
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| Born | April 21, 1947 Harlem, NY, U.S. |
| Died | June 22, 2019 Eastham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1963–2019 |
| Spouse | Marianne Wiant (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2, including Alison and William |
| Relatives | Ted Shearer (father) Alison Shearer (daughter) |
John Shearer (April 21, 1947 – June 22, 2019) was an American photographer, writer, and filmmaker, best known for his photojournalism, especially of "racial subjects", the funerals of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., and Muhammad Ali before his fight with Joe Frazier.[1][2]
John Shearer was born on April 21, 1947, in Harlem to Phyllis Shearer, an attorney who would later become the Deputy Commissioner of Social Services in Westchester County, New York, and Ted Shearer, art director of BBDO and a cartoonist who would later create Quincy.[1] When he was in the 3rd grade, his family moved from Harlem to the Parkway Gardens neighborhood of Greenburgh, New York.[1] When he was 8, he started to take photos.[1] He went on to win Scholastic's photography competitions for children and be exhibited in Grand Central Terminal while in his teens.[1] After graduating from high school, he enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology, but dropped out in order to do photography full-time. He wished to cover the protests around the Vietnam War, which he opposed.[1]
