Boris Spremo

Boris Spremo, CM (Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Спремо; October 20, 1935 – August 21, 2017) was a Canadian photojournalist. He was the first photojournalist to receive the Order of Canada.[1]

Boris Spremo

CM
Spremo at BMO Field in 2011
Born(1935-10-20)October 20, 1935
Sušak, Yugoslavia[a]
DiedAugust 21, 2017(2017-08-21) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationPhotojournalist

Career

After graduating from the Belgrade Cinematographic Institute, he moved to Canada in 1957[1] via Paris.[2] He found work with The Globe and Mail from 1962 to 1966,[2] and finished his career with the Toronto Star.[3] The Toronto Star later called him "a legend in the business".[4] Some of his photographs appeared in both Canadian and American magazines. He was known for his collages depicting life in Toronto.[5]

Awards

Spremo won many regional and international awards for his work,[6] including a World Press Photo award, the first for a Canadian.[3] He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1997, by Governor General Roméo LeBlanc at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. He was the first photojournalist to receive the award.[4]

Death

Spremo died on August 21, 2017, in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital at age 81, from complications of myeloma.[2]

Notes
  1. ^
    Now Rijeka, Croatia.

References
  1. "Boris Spremo" Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 29, 2009.
  2. "Photographer Boris Spremo remembered for charm, skill, chutzpah". Metronews.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. "Photojournalist Boris Spremo told stories with his lens". The Globe and Mail, August 22, 2017.
  4. Trash bags at Queen station a visual spoiler for lens legend. Toronto Star. March 19, 2009.
  5. Toronto Photographed by Boris Spremo. The Times. July 1, 1967.
  6. Computers now able to help with your photographic work. Montreal Gazette. March 24, 1984.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.