page_title: Viggo Rivad
hierarchical_section_title: Viggo Rivad
caption_attribution_description: English: Viggo Rivad, Danish photographer Dansk: Viggo Rivad dansk fotograf, kendt for sine sort/hvide skildringer af primært socialrealistiske emner
context_page_description: Viggo Reinholdt Rivad 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 and Laurits. 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Viggo Rivad
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