Boris Spremo
Boris Spremo, (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.
Boris Spremo
Djuradj Vujcic · photo by Djuradj Vujcic · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Boris Spremo
- Born
- 20 October 1935
- Birthplace
- Sušak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Died
- 21 August 2017
- Place of death
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- Photojournalist
- Nationality
- Canada
- Honours
- Member of the Order of Canada
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Boris Spremo, (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.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Boris Spremo (1935–2017) was a photographer and photojournalist, of Canadian nationality. The photographer was born in Susak and died in Toronto.
Works are held at National Gallery of Canada. Honours include Member of the Order of Canada.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 27 September 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Boris Spremo. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q4945400 · wikipedia · Boris Spremo
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Boris Spremo • Born — 20 October 1935 • Birthplace — Sušak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Died — 21 August 2017 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — Photojournalist
Career
Career
After graduating from the Belgrade Cinematographic Institute, he moved to Canada in 1957 via Paris. He found work with The Globe and Mail from 1962 to 1966, and finished his career with the Toronto Star. The Toronto Star later called him "a legend in the business". Some of his photographs appeared in both Canadian and American magazines. He was known for his collages depicting life in Toronto.
Death
Death
Spremo died on August 21, 2017, in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital at age 81, from complications of myeloma.
Identity
Identity
Boris Spremo is recorded as photographer and photojournalist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1935–2017
The full dated record · 4 entries
1935
Boris Spremo born at Susak.
1967
Boris Spremo and his camera look at Toronto (1967) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
1967
Boris Spremo and his camera look at Toronto digitised by Open Library.
2017
Boris Spremo died at Toronto.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Susak.
Birth place
Toronto.
Death place
Primary material
Digitised editions and texts
Boris Spremo and his camera look at Toronto (1967) — Open Library
Awards
Spremo won many regional and international awards for his work, including a World Press Photo award, the first for a Canadian. 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.
Literature
Scholarly footprint
A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1."Boris Spremo" . The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 29, 2009.
- 2.Photographer Boris Spremo remembered for charm, skill, chutzpah. Metronews.com.
- 3."Photojournalist Boris Spremo told stories with his lens". The Globe and Mail, August 22, 2017.
- 4.Trash bags at Queen station a visual spoiler for lens legend. Toronto Star. March 19, 2009.
- 5.Biography. Urban Book Circle. 2013-07-05.
- 6.Toronto Photographed by Boris Spremo. The Times. July 1, 1967.
- 7.Computers now able to help with your photographic work. Montreal Gazette. March 24, 1984.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Photography
11,392 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Boris LipnitzkyPhotographer
- Boris MikhailovPhotographer
- Boris SavelevPhotographer
- Boris SmelovPhotographer
- Boštjan BurgerPhotographer
- Boston Camera ClubPhotographer
- Bouchra KhaliliPhotographer
- Bouna Medoune SeyePhotographer
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Boris Spremo?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.