Ozier Muhammad
Ozier Muhammad (born 1950) is an American photojournalist who was on the staff of The New York Times from 1992 to 2014. He has also worked for Ebony Magazine, The Charlotte Observer, and Newsday. He earned a B.A. in 1972 in photography from Columbia College Chicago.
Ozier Muhammad
- Name
- Ozier Muhammad
- Born
- 1950
- Birthplace
- United States
- Occupation
- Photojournalist
- Education
- Columbia College Chicago · University of Pennsylvania
- Honours
- George Polk Award · Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
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Ozier Muhammad (born 1950) is an American photojournalist who was on the staff of The New York Times from 1992 to 2014. He has also worked for Ebony Magazine, The Charlotte Observer, and Newsday. He earned a B.A. in 1972 in photography from Columbia College Chicago.
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In 1984, Muhammad won the George Polk Award for News Photography. Muhammad's work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art.
Ozier Muhammad studied at Columbia College Chicago and University of Pennsylvania. Employment is recorded with The New York Times. Work by Ozier Muhammad is recorded in the collections of Photography Collection. Distinctions recorded are George Polk Award and Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
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• Name — Ozier Muhammad • Born — 1950 • Birthplace — United States • Occupation — Photojournalist • Relatives — Elijah Muhammad (grandfather) • Children — Khalil Gibran Muhammad (son) • Website — oziermuhammad.com
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Muhammad is a grandson of Elijah Muhammad, a founder of the Nation of Islam. He was formerly married to Dr. Kimberly Muhammad-Earl, a director of special projects at the Chicago Board of Education.
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- 1.Brookman, Philip. Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. Yale University Press. 260. 2025. 9780300283501.
- 2.Western Kentucky University. Ozier Muhammad. October 25, 2004.
- 3.The George Polk Awards for Journalism .
- 4."International Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- 5."Songs of My People: A Collection of Photographs from the Museum of Art and Archaeology" . University of Missouri. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
- 6.Muhammad, Ozier. "How Race is Lived in America: Photographer's Journal: Which Man's Army". The New York Times. 2000.
- 7."WEDDINGS; Stephanie Lawson, K. G. Muhammad". The New York Times. March 1, 1998.
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