Viggo Rivad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Viggo Rivad

photographer

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1922

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 08-Feb-2016

Profession: photographer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Viggo Reinholdt Rivad (3 July 1922 – 8 February 2016) was a Danish photographer who started as an autodidact in 1946, and went on to win numerous competitions in the 1950s and 1960s.
Around 1960, he adopted his so-called "essay approach", resulting in a series of related photographs, such as Et farvel (1962) and Laurits (1971).
Rivad, who also earned a living as a taxi driver, was a quiet, dedicated photographer, concentrating on disadvantaged areas and people on the fringes of society.
His humanitarian messages were a result of his indignation, and his concern for society's outcasts.Rivad died in Copenhagen on 8 February 2016 at the age of 93.