Marcus Bleasdale has been involved in advocacy and human rights for over fifteen years. Prior to that he was an investment banker in London for ten years. In his role as a documentary photographer for National Geographic Magazine he has educated and advised corporations and policymakers around the world.
His work on human rights and conflict has been shown at the US Senate, The US House of Representatives, The United Nations, and the Houses of Parliament, in the UK.
Bleasdale’s work also appears in the New Yorker, The New York Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, Stern, Le Monde, TIME Magazine, Newsweek and National Geographic Magazine.
Exhibitions include The Rape of a Nation – The Federal Building NYC (2006), The Central Library, Chicago (2006), The Holocaust Museum LA (2006), Visa Pour l’Image (2007), Nobel Peace Centre Oslo (2007), Ministry of Foreign Affairs France (2008), Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo (2009), US Senate (2009), UN (2009), The Houses of Parliament UK (2010). US House of Representatives (2011). Fotografiska, Sweden (2013). Lincoln Centre (2014). Lincoln Centre (2015). Visa Pour l’Image(2015).
He has published three books: One Hundred Years of Darkness (2002), The Rape of a Nation (2009), and The Unravelling (2015).
Bleasdale has been awarded The UNICEF Photographer of the Year Award (2004), The OPC Olivier Rebbot Award for Best Foreign Reporting (2005), Magazine Photographer of the Year award – POYi (2005), The Alexia Foundation Award for World Peace (2005), The World Press Awards (2006), The Freedom of Expression Foundation Norway (2007), Days Japan (2009), The Anthropographia Award for Photography and Human Rights (2010), The Hansel Meith Award (2010) and the Photo Book of the Year Award – POYi (2010), Freedom of Expression Foundation Norway (2011), Webby Award (2011) News and Politics – Dear Obama, The Hood Medal for Services to Photography from Royal Photographic Society (2012), World Press Photo (2014), Amnesty International Award (2015), and the Robert Capa Award (2015).
In 2012, Bleasdale’s film for MSF was nominated for an Emmy.
Marcus Bleasdale is on the judging panel for Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers 2018.
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