Boris Spremo
Spremo, Boris
Boris Spremo, photojournalist (b at Susak, Yugoslavia 20 Oct 1935). Boris Spremo is one of Canada's most acclaimed photojournalists for his dramatic reportage of Canadian and international current events.
After graduating from Belgrade's Cinematographic Institute, Spremo immigrated to Canada in 1957, settling in Toronto. In 1962 he joined the staff of the GLOBE AND MAIL but in 1966 left for a position with the TORONTO STAR, where he remained into the 1990s. In the course of his long career, Spremo has covered dramatic events ranging from the FLQ crisis in Québec and the end of the Vietnam war during the 1970s to drought and famine in Africa during the 1980s to the plight of Kurdish refugees in 1991. He is also known for his portraiture and images of Toronto. Spremo's photographs have been published in books dedicated to his work including Boris Spremo: Twenty Years of Photojournalism (1985) and Shadows of War/Faces of Peace (1992) as well as such popular journals as Maclean's, Life, Time and Sports Illustrated. Spremo has been the recipient of numerous national and international awards for his photojournalism. In 1966 he became the first Canadian to win First Prize at the World Press Photo Competition in The Hague, the Netherlands. He was awarded the ORDER OF CANADA in 1997.
Author CAROL PAYNE
Suggested Reading
Boris Spremo, Twenty Years of Photojournalism (1983).
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