Quick Facts
Biography
Ozier Muhammad is an American photojournalist who has been on the staff of The New York Times since 1992. He has also worked for Ebony Magazine, The Charlotte Observer, and Newsday. He earned a B.A. in 1972 in photography from Columbia College Chicago.
In 1984, Muhammad won the George Polk Award for News Photography.
As a photographer for Newsday, Muhammad shared the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting with Josh Friedman and Dennis Bell "for their series on the plight of the hungry in Africa."
He was selected as a photographer for the 1990 project Songs of My People.
Personal
Muhammad is a grandson of Elijah Muhammad, a founder of the Nation of Islam.
He was formerly married to Dr. Kimberly Muhammad-Earl, a director of special projects at the Chicago Board of Education.