Nik Wheeler (born 1939) is a British-born photographer, known for taking what for years was the only known photograph of Carlos the Jackal.[1] He began his career as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War.
Wheeler was born in Hitchin, England in 1939. He was a war photographer for United Press International in Vietnam, and he photographed the fall of Saigon for Newsweek.[citation needed] He moved to Beirut, Lebanon in the early 1970s and freelanced throughout the Middle East for a number of European magazines. He is the co-founder of Traveler's Companion Guides, based in California.[2][3]
Wheeler has been married to American actress Pamela Bellwood since 1984. He lives in Santa Barbara California.
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