Ron Tarver was born in Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma in 1957. He received a B.A. in Journalism and Graphic Arts at Northeastern Oklahoma State University. He has been on staff at the Philadelphia Inquirer 19 years earning honors form the National Society of Professional Journalists, the National Press Photographers Association/University of Missouri Pictures of the Year competition, World Press Photo Awards, and other state and regional wards.
He has received fellowships and a grant form the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts and the National Geographic Society respectively, and in 1997, he was named one of the Delaware Valley’s “50 Rising Stars in...
