Tom Stoddart Explained

Tom Stoddart
Birth Date:	28 November 1953
Birth Place:	Morpeth, Northumberland
Occupation:	Photojournalist

Thomas Stoddart (28 November 1953 – 17 November 2021) was a British photojournalist.^{[1] [2]} He covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Lebanese Civil War, the siege of Sarajevo and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.^[3]

Life and career

Stoddart was born in Morpeth, Northumberland in November 1953.^[4] He began his career covering local news for the Berwick Advertiser, Northumberland and John Pick's Yorkshire Press agency, York. He continued his work as a photojournalist based in London and from there covered national and international stories including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Lebanese Civil War, the siege of Sarajevo and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.^[3]

Stoddart died from cancer on 17 November 2021, at the age of 67.^[5]

Publications

• Sarajevo. Washington: Smithsonian, 1998. . With an essay by Predrag Matvejevic.
• IWitness. London: Trolley, 2004. .
• Extraordinary Women: Images of Courage, Endurance & Defiance . Woodbridge, Suffolk: ACC Art, 2020. . With a foreword by Angelina Jolie.

Awards

• 2003: Winner, Pictures of the Year International World Understanding Award, for work on HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa^[6]
• 2003: Winner, Larry Burrows Award for Exceptional War Photography, for coverage of British forces fighting in Iraq^[6]
• 2008: Shortlisted, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, for "Murdoch Reflects"^{[7] [8]}

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Tom Stoddart – Extraordinary Women, Side Gallery, Newcastle, 2020/21^[9]

Exhibitions with one other

• Edge of Madness – Sarajevo a City and Its People Under Siege, Royal Festival Hall, London, 1997. Work by Stoddart and Alastair Thain.^{[3] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tom Stoddart obituary. The Times. 18 November 2021. 18 November 2021.
2. Web site: Photographer Tom Stoddart 'who shone a light where there had been darkness' dies aged 68. Dominic. Ponsford. Press Gazette. 17 November 2021. 18 November 2021.
3. Web site: 2021-11-30. Tom Stoddart obituary. 23 November 2021. The Guardian.
4. Web site: Tom Stoddart's best shot. 1 October 2008. 18 November 2021. The Guardian.
5. Web site: 2021-11-18. Farewell to Tom Stoddart, a photography master. 18 November 2021. New Statesman.
6. Web site: 2021-11-18. Remembering Tom Stoddart. 17 November 2021. Amateur Photographer.
7. Web site: 2021-11-18. NPG photography prize shortlist announced. 16 September 2008. The Guardian.
8. Web site: 2021-11-18. National Portrait Gallery - Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. www.npg.org.uk.
9. News: 2021-11-18. Extraordinary women: courage and defiance through war and hardship – in pictures. The Guardian. 6 October 2020. 0261-3077.
10. Web site: 2021-11-30. Powerful beyond words. 21 April 1997. The Independent.