David Burnett is an American photojournalist born on September 7, 1946, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He first launched his photogenic career as an intern at Time Magazine, in 1967, whilst also studying at Colorado College for his political science degree. He graduated from Colorado College in 1968 with his political science degree and began working as a freelance photographer for Time and Life, first in the United States and later in Vietnam.
He became the last photographer hired by Life Magazine when Larry Burrows died in February 1971. The famous magazine ceased publication the following year. He then joined the French agency Gamma before co-founding Contact Press Images with Robert Pledge in New York in 1976.
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He has covered stories as diverse as the French and American Presidential elections from 1972 to the present; the famine in the Sahel in 1974 and in Ethiopia in 1984; the Iranian revolution following Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Tehran in 1979, and the Summer Olympics from 1984 through 2004.
During his career, Burnett has photographed every U.S. president from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush. In March 1990, Time magazine chose him to shoot Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev for their exclusive cover-story interview. He has been a juror in the prestigious World Press Photo contest in Amsterdam, threetimes. In 2007 he taught at the World Press Photo Joop Swart MasterClass, leading ten emerging photographers in their quest for new direction.
David Burnett continues to be the photographer-of-choice for many magazines with his in-depth coverage of the Washington political scene, including the Monica Lewinsky episode and the attempt to impeach Bill Clinton, and the Washington as it copes with the post 9/11 world. His 52 image show "Measures of Time" originally exhibited at The Colorado College in 2002, has since been on exhibit at a dozen
He became the last photographer hired by Life Magazine when Larry Burrows died in February 1971. The famous magazine ceased publication the following year. He then joined the French agency Gamma before co-founding Contact Press Images with Robert Pledge in New York in 1976.
Contact Press Images is entering …show more content…
He has covered stories as diverse as the French and American Presidential elections from 1972 to the present; the famine in the Sahel in 1974 and in Ethiopia in 1984; the Iranian revolution following Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Tehran in 1979, and the Summer Olympics from 1984 through 2004.
During his career, Burnett has photographed every U.S. president from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush. In March 1990, Time magazine chose him to shoot Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev for their exclusive cover-story interview. He has been a juror in the prestigious World Press Photo contest in Amsterdam, threetimes. In 2007 he taught at the World Press Photo Joop Swart MasterClass, leading ten emerging photographers in their quest for new direction.
David Burnett continues to be the photographer-of-choice for many magazines with his in-depth coverage of the Washington political scene, including the Monica Lewinsky episode and the attempt to impeach Bill Clinton, and the Washington as it copes with the post 9/11 world. His 52 image show "Measures of Time" originally exhibited at The Colorado College in 2002, has since been on exhibit at a dozen