Benedict J. Fernandez

Benedict Joseph Fernandez III (April 5, 1936 – January 31, 2021) was an American educator and journalistic and documentary street photographer. He is noted for photographing the protest movements of the 1960s, particularly those of the civil rights movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Early life Fernandez was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City on April 5, 1936. His father was born in Puerto Rico and worked as an office manager; his mother, Pamela (Perella), was a housewife and of Italian descent. Fernandez was raised in the East Harlem neighborhood, He covered the American civil rights movement and anti–Vietnam War movement in the 1960s, This came after he was granted a Fulbright research scholarship in photography as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship. Countdown to Eternity, 1993 The National Portrait Gallery Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Museum of the City of New York

Awards 1999 Senior Fellow in Photography, The Corcoran Museum of Art 1970 Guggenheim Fellow