Hal Buell (1931/1932 – 29 January 2024) was an American photographer who was the head of the Photography Service (photography director) at the

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for twenty-five years where he supervised an international staff of 300 photographers. He was also the author of ''Moments: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs'' and ''Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue'', a book about war photographer

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Education

Buell was a graduate of the

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Career

Buell worked in photojournalism for 40 years. He is known as one of the most active archivists of the twentieth and twenty first century and has lectured throughout the world. His editing work has helped define print coverage around the world. Buell also published a number of children's photo books on Japan and Asia after living there on assignment in the 1960s. He worked in more than 35 countries. Photographs taken by others and edited by Buell have appeared on

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and

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. He also produced film documentaries which have appeared on the

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Death

Buell died of pneumonia in

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, on 29 January 2024, at the age of 92.

References

External links

National Public Radio (NPR) InterviewThe Unsung Hero of Iwo Jima
(article by Hal Buell about Bill Genaust, a filmmaker who covered Iwo Jima)
Interview with Hal Buell at Takegreatpictures.com
1930s births Year of birth uncertain 2024 deaths American photojournalists Medill School of Journalism alumni Associated Press photographers Deaths from pneumonia in California 20th-century American photographers 21st-century American photographers {{US-photographer-stub