Burt Glinn 1925-2008
Magnum photographer, Burt Glinn, passed away on April 9th. He will be missed.
From the Magnum Blog:
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Burt Glinn served in the United States Army between 1943 and 1946, before studying literature at Harvard University, where he edited and photographed for the Harvard Crimson college newspaper. From 1949 to 1950, Glinn worked for Life magazine before becoming a freelancer.
Glinn became an associate member of Magnum in 1951, along with Eve Arnold and Dennis Stock – the first Americans to join the young photo agency – and a full member in 1954. He made his mark with spectacular color series on the South Seas, Japan, Russia, Mexico and California. In 1959 he received the Mathew Brady Award for Magazine Photographer of the Year from the University of Missouri.
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Magnum has been at the top for 60 years now, and to commemorate the anniversary, it is making an offer to newspapers worldwide. Magnum will deliver a photo of the paper’s choosing, free, if they place the photo on the front page. Deemed “Magnum Front Page,” the only requirement being that the photo is credited to the photographer followed by “Magnum Photos / 60th Anniversary.”