John Shearer (photographer)

For the present freelance photographer, see John D. Shearer.

John Shearer (April 21, 1947 – June 22, 2019) was an American photographer, writer, and filmmaker, best known for his photojournalism, especially of "racial subjects", the funerals of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., and Muhammad Ali before his fight with Joe Frazier.[1][2]

  1. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (June 27, 2019). "John Shearer, Who Photographed Tumultuous 1960s, Dies at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Abrams, Abigail (June 27, 2019). "Remembering John Shearer, Photographer of Iconic American Moments". Time. Retrieved June 28, 2019.