Burt Glinn

(American, 1925–2008)

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Burt Glinn

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Biography

Timeline

1925
Born in Pittsburgh, PA
1943 - 1946
Artilleryman, United States Army in the US and Germany, 1943-46, Lieutenant
1949 - 1950
Worked for Life magazine before becoming a freelancer
1949
B.A., History and Literature, Harvard University
1954
Member of Magnum Photos
1959
Mathew Brady Award, Magazine Photographer of the Year
1972 - 1975
President of Magnum Photos; re-elected to the post in 1987
2008
Died Southampton, NY
Dana Reed Award, Harvard College
Best Book of Photographic Reporting from Abroad, Overseas Press Club

Exhibitions

2008
Havana: The Revolutionary Moment, Umbrage Gallery, NYC (solo)
Burt Glinn: In Focus, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wa. (solo)
2007
Burt Glinn: Fifty years of Photography, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Sept. (solo)
2006
Lipstick Legends, Three Magnum photographers, The Photographers Gallery, London
2005
Havana: The Revolutionary Moment - George Eastman House, Rochester, NY (solo)
2004 - 2009
Tulla Booth Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY various group shows
2004
Burt Glinn, 1959 - Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Magnum’s New Yorkers, Museum of the City of New York
2003
A Portrait of Japan, Photo Gallery International, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
2002
Burt Glinn: Havana, Photo Gallery International, Tokyo (solo)

Public Collections

International Center of Photography, New York City
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA

Literature

2001 - 2002
Havana: The Revolutionary Moment, Umbrage Editions, USA/Dewi Lewis, UK
1968
A Portrait of Japan, William Morrow, USA
1967
A Portrait of All the Russias (with Laurens van der Post), William Morrow, USA; Hogarth Press, UK