My career was 100% different from what I intended to do. I thought I’d photograph nature and landscapes but I wound up photographing the changing of the times.
Charles Moore Quotes
The photographs were never about me. They were always about the people who were laying their lives on the line for basic civil rights. I look back and I can't believe there was ever a time in this country when ANY citizen could not vote. The times were appalling.
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| Birth: | 9th March, 1931 |
| Death: | 11th March, 2010 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Photographer |
About
Charles Lee Moore was born in Hackleburg, Alabama. He was an American photographer most famous for his photographs documenting the American civil rights era. He served three years in the U.S. Marines as a photographer and then attended the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Calif. He next applied for a job as a photographer with the morning and afternoon newspapers The Montgomery Advertiser and The Montgomery Journal.
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