Boris Spremo

CM
Spremo at BMO Field in 2011
Born(1935-10-20)October 20, 1935
Sušak, Yugoslavia[a]
DiedAugust 21, 2017(2017-08-21) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationPhotojournalist

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]

Career

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]

Awards

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]

Death

Spremo died on August 21, 2017, in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital at age 81, from complications of myeloma.[2]

Notes

  1. ^
    Now Rijeka, Croatia.

References

  1. 1 2 "Boris Spremo" Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 29, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Photographer Boris Spremo remembered for charm, skill, chutzpah". Metronews.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Photojournalist Boris Spremo told stories with his lens". The Globe and Mail, August 22, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Trash bags at Queen station a visual spoiler for lens legend. Toronto Star. March 19, 2009.
  5. ↑ Toronto Photographed by Boris Spremo. The Times. July 1, 1967.
  6. ↑ Computers now able to help with your photographic work. Montreal Gazette. March 24, 1984.
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