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Burt Glinn

(American, 1925–2008)

Burt Glinn

The Cuban Liberator Fidel Castro at the rostrum of the Palacio Municipal, Santa Clara, Cuba, 1959

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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
: Best Print Ad of the Year, Art Director's Club of New York
: Best Annual Report of the Year from Financial World, Warner Communications Annual Report
: Matthew Brady Award, Magazine Photographer of the Year
: Overseas Press Club Best Book of Photographic Reporting from Abroad

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)
: Havana: The Revolutionary Moment, Americas Society, New York (solo)
2001: 9/11, New York Historical Society, New York City
: Reflections: Photos of Water - Sag Harbor Picture Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, NY
2000: Burt Glinn/A Pittsburgher Abroad, Photo Forum , Pittsburgh, Pa. (solo)
1999: Fifty Years Behind a Camera: The Photography of Burt Glinn - Sag Harbor Picture Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, NY
: Fifty Years Behind a Camera: The Photography of Burt Glinn, Sag Harbor Picture Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY (solo)
1998: A Year in the World, 1968/Magnum, Newseum, New York C ity
1997: Nine Days in January1959: Photographs of the Cuban Revolution, ICP, New York (solo)
1990: The Indomitable Spirit, benefit exhibition for AIDS at ICP, NYC
1989 - 1990: In Our Time: The World as seen by Magnum Photographers, ICP, New York
1986: Public Private, group show with Glinn, Hurrell, Mapplethorpe, Mark, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
1979: Celebration/New York in Color, Fifth Avenue, New York City
1978: Burt Glinn, The Photographers Gallery, London (solo)
1976: Burt Glinn, Nikon House, New York (solo)
1955: The Family of Man, Museum of Modern Art, New York City

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

Burt Glinn

(American, 1925–2008)

Burt Glinn

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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