Nik Wheeler
He began his career as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War. Wheeler was born in Hitchin, England in 1939. He was a war photographer for United Press International in Vietnam, and he photographed the fall of Saigon for Newsweek.
Nik Wheeler
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- 1939
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- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer
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- English
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He moved to Beirut, Lebanon in the early 1970s and freelanced throughout the Middle East for a number of European magazines. He is the co-founder of Traveler's Companion Guides, based in California.
Wheeler has been married to American actress Pamela Bellwood since 1984. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.
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- 1.Ryon, Ruth. Hall-of-Famer Is Giving Up His Home Court Advantage. Los Angeles Times. 27 July 2000.
- 2.Catherine Leroy, Under Fire: Great Photographers and Writers in Vietnam (2005)
- 3.Return to the Marshes: Life with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq (with Gavin Young)(1977)
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