O'Rear, Charles, 1941-

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Birth 1941-11-26
English

Biographical notes:

Charles O'Rear (born 26 November 1941, Miss) is an American photographer. His image Bliss was used as the default desktop wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. O'Rear started his career with the daily newspapers Emporia Gazette, The Kansas City Star, and Los Angeles Times; worked for National Geographic magazine; and was part of the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project. He began photographing winemaking in 1978.

Since 1998 O'Rear has been associated with Corbis, a Seattle-based stock photo company owned by co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates. Corbis was bought by Visual China Group in 2016, who now distribute his Corbis images on Getty Images.

Charles O'Rear, also known as Chuck O'Rear, (b. Nov. 26, 1941, Butler, Missouri) was a contributing photographer to the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project in the early 1970s.

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Subjects:

  • Photography

Occupations:

  • Photographers

Places:

  • Butler (Mo.), MO, US