James "Jim" Sugar is an American photographer, known for his work on National Geographic.
Education
editSugar graduated with honours from Wesleyan University.[1] He lives in Mill Valley, California.
Work
editHe began his internship with National Geographic in 1967,[2] and was given a full-time contract in 1969. That year he spent 3 months in Ireland and took over 11,000 photos, 24 of which made the cover story of National Geographic. In 2009, he visited Ireland again as the subject of the RTE documentary Summer of 69.[3]
For National Geographic Sugar covered more than 20 stories and worked on a number of books, until he finally left the society in 1992.
HIs film Swimming: Mind-Body-Spirit was exhibited at the 2014 Mill Valley Festival.[4]
References
edit- ^ "James Sugar". Annenberg space for photography. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "Photographer James Sugar Biography". National Geographic. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ^ "Photographer Jim Sugar". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ admin (September 29, 2014). "Photographer Jim Sugar Features Film at Mill Valley Festival". Seagate Blog. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
External links
edit- Jim's personal website
- National Geographic biography
- SUMMER OF 69
- “Summer of ‘69″-RTE revisits a National Geographic Article
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