Biography

Stanley Greene was born on February 14, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He died on May 19, 2017 in Paris, France.

Photographer and founding member of Noor Images, he is the son of Stanley Greene.

Greene followed the light even into the darkest places. He was best known as a conflict photographer for his work in Chechnya, Russia, Iraq and Syria. He had the gift of finding beauty in the most extraordinarily disturbing circumstances. His books, "Open Wound" and "Black Passport," are gorgeous journeys through his life by way of his haunting photographs.

Stanley Greene was born in Brooklyn on Feb. 14, 1949, and grew up in New Rochelle, N.Y. His father, also named Stanley, was an actor, producer, filmmaker and director; his mother, Javotee Sutton Greene, was an actress. His father, an activist devoted to black culture, was blacklisted as a Communist in the 1950s.

As a photographer, Stanley Greene was a classicist of the old school: He preferred working in film, using Leica and Nikon cameras, and he detested the digital manipulation of images. His composition techniques were drawn from his earlier study of painting. Greene was a poetic photojournalist; one who was photographing things in search of some larger truths about men, war and the tensions in the world, just sees that kind of metaphorical imagery that transcends just the immediate story.

Among the many honors Greene received were five World Press Photo awards. His books include the autobiographical "Black Passport" (2010) and "Open Wound: Chechnya 1994-2003" (2003). Anne Tucker, a former curator of photography for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, featured Mr. Greene in "War/Photography," a comprehensive exhibition and book, in 2012.