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Melvin Grier
Award-winning photojournalist Melvin Grier developed his passion for photography while serving with the U.S. Air Force in the early 1960s. He submitted several of his early photos to a contest sponsored by the military newspaper Stars and Stripes and won first and second place. The rest, as they say, is history. Out of the service, Grier worked for a year as an assistant to Cincinnati photographer Austin Bewsey before taking a job shooting half-tones for Young & Klein Lithographers. He started Terra, a short-lived but critically acclaimed photography magazine, and then was hired in 1974 by The Cincinnati Post. He retired December 31, 2007, the same day the Post ceased publishing. On assignments, Grier has traveled to Cuba, El Salvador, Eritrea, Honduras, Kenya, Puerto Rico, Somalia, Vietnam, and the Virgin Islands. His photos have been published in Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, US, Ebony, Jet and Advertising Age. In addition to receiving 10 photography awards from the Society for Professional Journalists, Grier has earned accolades from the Associated Press Society of Ohio, the Press Club of Cleveland, the Ohio News Photographer Association, United Press International and Cincinnati Magazine. Grier’s work has appeared in dozens of exhibits including the recent “A Joyful Noise,” a collection of photographs related to music and dance on display at the Cathedral Basilica Gallery in Covington, Kentucky in early 2004. His work has been on display several times at the Arts Consortium of Cincinnati including a one-man show in 1994 entitled “Souls In Bondage: Essays of East Africa.” Grier was named the 2004 Robert Duncanson Artist In Residence at the Taft Museum in Cincinnati OH.An exhibit, 15/retro 15/active was featured in the Dater Education room during the month of November. |
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