Howard L. Bingham is one of the most important and celebrated photographers of the 20th century. Beginning his career as a newspaper photographer, his work subsequently appeared in Life, Look, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, People, Ebony and numerous international publications, documenting many of the most important events and personalities over the last fifty years. Most recently, his photographs were featured in Taschen's GOAT, a dazzling, limited-edition publication that documents the life of Muhammad Ali.
Bingham's work and contribution to the field of photography has not gone unnoticed: the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. and Fowler Museum in Los Angeles have exhibited his work, and he was the 1997 recipient of the ASP International Award presented by the American Society of Photographers. Bingham is a Member of the Board at the George Eastman House, a recipient of the Kodak Vision Award and a Kodak-sponsored scholarship in his name goes to a deserving minority photography student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In 1998, he was named Photographer of the Year by the Photo Marketing Distributors Association (PMDA), and the Watts Labor Community Action Committee is planning a media center in his name for the purpose of teaching photography to young people living in South Los Angeles. In 2004, he was appointed Honorary Curator of Photography at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, and he was the 2006 recipient of the Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons Award.