Background
Jeff grew up in Southern California where he attended Los Angeles Pierce College and Moorpark College majoring in photojournalism. In 1974 he received the Kodak Scholastic National Photography Scholarship beating out 8,000 students from across the United States. The prize included a study tour of East Africa.
In 1978, Widener started as a newspaper photographer in California and later in Nevada and Indiana. At age 25, he accepted a position in Brussels, Belgium as a staff photographer with United Press International. His first foreign assignment was the Solidarity riots in Poland.
- 2010 – present Freelance based in Hamburg, Germany
- 1997–2010 The Honolulu Advertiser – Staff Photographer
- 1995–1997 United Press International Miami – Staff Photographer
- 1987–1995 Associated Press – Southeast Asia Picture Editor Bangkok, Thailand
- 1984–1986 The Miami News – Staff photographer
- 1981–1984 United Press International – Brussels, Belgium – Staff photographer
- 1980–1981 The Evansville Press – Staff photographer
- 1979–1980 The Las Vegas Sun – Staff Photographer
- 1977–1979 The Whittier Daily News -Staff photographer
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