14 Facts About Larry Towell

Larry Towell was born on 1953 and is a Canadian photographer, poet, and oral historian.

In 1988, Larry Towell became the only Canadian member of Magnum Photos.

Larry Towell was born in 1953, in Chatham-Kent, Ontario and grew up in a large family in rural Ontario, attending local schools.

Larry Towell studied visual arts at York University in Toronto, where his interest in photography first began.

In 1976, Larry Towell volunteered to work in Calcutta, India, where he became interested in questions about the distribution of wealth and issues of land and landlessness.

Larry Towell photographed the civil war in El Salvador, American Vietnam War veterans who worked to rebuild Vietnam, and relatives of the "disappeared" in Guatemala - those presumed murdered by Guatemalan security forces.

Larry Towell's book House on Ninth Street is a collection of his photos taken in Guatemala during this time.

In 1988, Larry Towell joined the Magnum Photos agency, becoming the only Canadian associated with the group.

Larry Towell has since had picture essays published in The New York Times, Life, Rolling Stone, and other magazines.

Larry Towell's work has included documentation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Mennonite migrant workers in Mexico, and a personal project on his family's farm in southern Ontario.

From 2008 to 2011, Larry Towell traveled five times to Afghanistan to photograph the social effects of the Afghan civil war.

In 2016, Larry Towell photographed the Standing Rock protest in Standing Rock, North Dakota.

Larry Towell has published books of photographs, poetry, and oral history.

Larry Towell has recorded several audio CDs of original poetry and songs.