LeRoy Woodson

LeRoy Woodson
A bespectacled, smiling man holds a camera
Woodson in 1976
Born1944
DiedFebruary 12, 2015 (aged 70)
Paris, France
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation(s)Photojournalist
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LeRoy Woodson Jr. (1944 – February 12, 2015) was an American photojournalist. He was a staff writer and editor for National Geographic magazine in the 1970s and 1980s. He worked for many newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post, LIFE, Fortune, and Forbes. Woodson was employed by the Environmental Protection Agency for their Documerica photography project. He has works in the collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem, wrote the book Roadside Food, and founded the website MilitaryWeek.com.