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John Dominis
American photographer (1921–2013)
For the Prince Consort of the Hawaiian Kingdom, see John Owen Dominis. For the son of John Owen Dominis, see John ʻAimoku Dominis.
John Dominis (June 27, 1921 – December 30, 2013) was an American documentary photographer, war photographer and photojournalist.
Life
Dominis was born 1921 in Los Angeles.[1][2] He studied cinematography at the University of Southern California.
John dominis biography
In 1943 he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces. After the war, he worked as a freelance photographer for several publications, such as Life magazine. In 1950 he went to Korea as a war photographer in the Korean War.
Later he worked in Southeast Asia, in America, Africa and Europe, including President John F. Kennedy's 1963 West Berlin speech. Dominis went to six Olympic Games. One of his best-known pictures was shot during the 1968 Summer Olympics, when Dominis pictured Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their Black