George Rodger

After studying and have served the British Navy (until 1929) and spent time in America, Rodger started to work as a photographer for the BBC (magazine) and for the agency Black Star. However, it was when he sent his photographs to the Blitz of London, and other magazines that his work started to be known. From there he won prizes and began travelling. Passed by Iran, Burma, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Italy (where he met Robert Capa), among others. George Rodger portrayed the daily life during the German bombing of London and was the first photographer to enter in a concentration camp, therefore, we can see in his photographs some important moments of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in April 1945. After this work he decided to not re-shoot death or violence.
In collaboration with Robert Capa and other photographers, in 1947,  he founded the Magnum photo agency. It was in collaboration with Magnum, that Rodger, developed a project on a trip to the North of Africa - 1939 and 1945 - where he took photos of the old civilization that was not affected by the war. This project first appeared in 1951 on the National Geographic. Besides this project he made other trips to Africa and Middle East where he tried to photograph the animal life, rituals and lifestyles in relation to nature.

Source

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/02/06/060208_george_rodger_feature.shtml

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAProdger.htm

http://www.ursulagropper.com/artists/i_artist.php?a=13&o=3

  http://www.magnumphotos.com

http://www.noorderlicht.com/en/archive/george-rodger/