Ozier Muhammad | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Children | Khalil Gibran Muhammad (son) |
| Relatives | Elijah Muhammad (grandfather) |
Ozier Muhammad 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. [1]
In 1984, Muhammad won the George Polk Award for News Photography. [2]
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." [3]
He was selected as a photographer for the 1990 project Songs of My People . [4]
Muhammad is a grandson of Elijah Muhammad, a founder of the Nation of Islam. [5]
He was formerly married to Dr. Kimberly Muhammad-Earl, a director of special projects at the Chicago Board of Education. [6]