Russell McPhedran

Russell McPhedran was an Australian photographer, best known for his image of a Palestinian militant at the balcony at the Munich Olympic village during the Munich massacre.

Biography

He was born in Partick, Glasgow, Scotland, on 7 April 1936, to Donald and Louise McPhedran. His father was a soccer ball maker. He emigrated to Australia in 1950.
From 1952 to 1962, he worked as a copy boy for Sydney Sun, later he graduated to cadet and then press photographer. In 1964, he married in London to his wife, Shirley.
His subjects included the Beatles, Princess Margaret, the Kray brothers, Bill Clinton, Ronnie Biggs and Frank Sinatra among others, while he also covered eight Olympic Games and numerous Commonwealth Games.
He died in Sydney on 7 May 2018.