Richard Drew (photographer)

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Richard Drew (b. 1946) is an Associated Press photo-journalist, perhaps most notable for his photo The Falling Man which depicts one of the people who chose to jump out of the World Trade Center towers following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Drew was one of four press photographers present at the assassination of Bobby Kennedy^[1], and continued taking photographs of the dying politician while Kennedy's wife begged him to stop.^[2]

Drew has been an Associated Press photographer for 37 years, and lives with his wife and two daughters in New York City.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0110/drew.htm
2. ^ http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2003/030903_mfe_falling_1.html

[edit] External links

• CNN Interview with Richard Drew
• Junod, Tom "The Falling Man", Esquire(September 2003).
• 9/11: The Falling Man (March 16, 2006). Channel 4.
• Howe, Peter (2001). "Richard Drew". The Digital Journalist. [1]