Boris Spremo | |
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![]() Spremo at
BMO Field in 2011 | |
Born | |
Died | August 21, 2017 | (aged 81)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Photojournalist |
Boris Spremo, CM ( Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Спремо; October 20, 1935 – August 21, 2017) was a Canadian photojournalist. He was the first photojournalist to receive the Order of Canada. [1]
After graduating from the Belgrade Cinematographic Institute, he moved to Canada in 1957 [1] via Paris. [2] He found work with The Globe and Mail from 1962 to 1966, [2] and finished his career with the Toronto Star. [3] The Toronto Star later called him "a legend in the business". [4] Some of his photographs appeared in both Canadian and American magazines. He was known for his collages depicting life in Toronto. [5]
Spremo won many regional and international awards for his work, [6] including a World Press Photo award, the first for a Canadian. [3] He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1997, by Governor General Roméo LeBlanc at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. He was the first photojournalist to receive the award. [4]
Spremo died on August 21, 2017, in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital at age 81, from complications of myeloma. [2]
Boris Spremo | |
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![]() Spremo at
BMO Field in 2011 | |
Born | |
Died | August 21, 2017 | (aged 81)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Photojournalist |
Boris Spremo, CM ( Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Спремо; October 20, 1935 – August 21, 2017) was a Canadian photojournalist. He was the first photojournalist to receive the Order of Canada. [1]
After graduating from the Belgrade Cinematographic Institute, he moved to Canada in 1957 [1] via Paris. [2] He found work with The Globe and Mail from 1962 to 1966, [2] and finished his career with the Toronto Star. [3] The Toronto Star later called him "a legend in the business". [4] Some of his photographs appeared in both Canadian and American magazines. He was known for his collages depicting life in Toronto. [5]
Spremo won many regional and international awards for his work, [6] including a World Press Photo award, the first for a Canadian. [3] He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1997, by Governor General Roméo LeBlanc at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. He was the first photojournalist to receive the award. [4]
Spremo died on August 21, 2017, in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital at age 81, from complications of myeloma. [2]