Jasper Wood

Jasper Wood (January 2, 1921-June 7, 2002) was a self-taught writer and photographer and a lifelong free speech activist. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, and moved to Cleveland around 1936 with his family, where he attended Cleveland Heights High School. In 1946, while living on Walton Avenue in Cleveland, Wood purchased his first camera and started taking pictures in Cleveland and in Mexico. Wood won many awards for his photographs, which he continued to take until the late 1950s.

Jasper Wood Biographical Sketch

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