Ozier Muhammad
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Ozier Muhammad | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950 (age 75–76) |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Children | Khalil Gibran Muhammad (son) |
| Relatives | Elijah Muhammad (grandfather) |
| Website | oziermuhammad |
Ozier Muhammad (born 1950)[1] is an American photojournalist who was on the staff of The New York Times from 1992 to 2014. He has also worked for Ebony Magazine, The Charlotte Observer, and Newsday. He earned a B.A. in 1972 in photography from Columbia College Chicago.[2]
In 1984, Muhammad won the George Polk Award for News Photography.[3]
As a photographer for Newsday, Muhammad shared the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting with Joshua Friedman and Dennis Bell "for their series on the plight of the hungry in Africa."[4]
He was selected as a photographer for the 1990 project Songs of My People.[5]
Muhammad's work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art.[1]
