Block, Ira

LC control no.	n 80080055
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Block, Ira *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1949
Place of birth	New York (N.Y.)
Affiliation	University of Wisconsin--Madison Maine Media Workshops
Profession or occupation	Photographers Photojournalists Teachers
Found in	O'Neill, T. Back roads Amer., 1980: t.p. (Ira Block) jkt. (New Yorker; photog., Nat. Geog. Soc.) Saving America's treasures, 2001: title page (photographs by Ira Block) Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 18, 2017 (Ira Block (born 1949, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American photographer. Since the mid-1970s, he has shot many stories for the National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, and also National Geographic Adventure. He has photographed diverse locations in Africa, the Australian outback, the Gobi Desert, Siberia, and the North Pole. Block's archive includes rare archaeological relics from ancient sites in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as some of the only recorded images of the ritual dances of the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest. While a student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Block shot for the Wisconsin State Journal and covered the turbulent 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago for United Press International. After leaving Wisconsin, he freelanced in New York for many magazines including Sports Illustrated Magazine, TIME and Life (magazine). He was also a regular contributor to many foreign publications including Stern, Paris Match and German Geo Magazine. He teaches at the Maine Media Workshops and has lectured at Photo Plus Expo and the National Geographic lecture series)
Associated language	eng