Marcus Bleasdale

Photographer

Birthday March 7, 1968

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace England

Age 56 years old

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About

Photographer who won 2009 Picture of the Year USA and 2004 UNICEF Photographer of the Year. He has written multiple books covering the wars and struggles he has photographed throughout the world, such as One Hundred Years of Darkness and The Unravelling. 

Before Fame

He has been capturing images of the world's most brutal wars since 1999 for publications like Human Rights Watch and National Geographic Magazine. Some of the war zones he has covered are Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Somalia. 

Trivia

He started working in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2000. He has over 140,000 followers on his marcusbleasdale Instagram account. 

Family Life

He married Karin Beate. They have two twin daughters named Vilja and Saga.  

Associated With

He has followed actor Mark Wahlberg on Instagram.