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Jul 03, 1922 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Died on 08 Feb 2016 (aged 93)
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About Viggo Rivad
- 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.
