Gideon Mendel is a South African photographer born on August 31, 1959 in Johannesburg. He is best known for his project Drowning World, which he began in 2007 and has since been used to advocate for flooding issues around the world. In 2017, Mendel was a finalist for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award for his work on the project.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $3 Million (2024)
About
Photographer who started working on Drowning World in 2007, which has promoted advocacy for flooding throughout the world. He was a finalist for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award for the project in 2017.
Before Fame
He started taking photographs in the 1980s in South Africa towards the end of Apartheid. He won the World Press Photo Award for People in the News in 1992.
Trivia
He won World Press Photo Award for Daily Life in 2001. He has more than 110,000 followers on his gideonmendel Instagram account.
Family Life
He is from South Africa.
Associated With
He and Kevin Carter are both Photographers who worked in South Africa towards the end of Apartheid.
Some Gideon Mendel images