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Woburn (Massachusetts), États-Unis, 1929 - Montréal, 2023
George S. Zimbel (July 15, 1929 – January 9, 2023) was an American-Canadian documentary photographer. [ 1 ] He worked professionally from the late 1940s, mainly as a freelancer. [ 2 ] He was part of the Photo League and was one of its last surviving members. [ 3 ] Born in Massachusetts, he settled in Canada about 1971. [ 4 ] His works have been shown with increasing frequency since 2000, and examples of his work are part of several permanent collections including the Museum of Modern Art and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. [ 5 ] He was described as a humanist. [ 6 ] Zimbel published several books of his photographs, and in 2016 was the subject of a documentary retrospective film co-directed by his son Matt Zimbel and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada. [ 7 ]
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