Steve Schapiro (1934-2022) was an American photographer known for his photojournalism

work and for having captured key moments of the Civil Rights Movement such as the the March

on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the push for voter registration, and the third Selma to

Montgomery march. He is also famous for his portraits of celebrities and movie stills, most

importantly from "The Godfather" and "Taxi Driver." Schapiro worked with such notable figures as

Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali, David Bowie, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F.

Kennedy, Barbra Streisand, Bill Evans, and Samuel Beckett among others.

  

Schapiro’s work is represented in many private and public collections, including the

Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Museum of

African American History and Culture, the High Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum.

 

In 2017, Schapiro won the Lucie Award for Achievement in Photojournalism.