David Burnett:
Too Close
Too Close ~ Critical Moments of Our History Captured in Photographs.
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to present David Burnett – Too Close, a look at a lifetime of iconic events captured by photojournalist David Burnett (b. 1946). The exhibition will be on view in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah from October 7, 2011 through January 29, 2012. Burnett will travel from New York to Salt Lake City to give a free public lecture at the UMFA on October 6 at 6 pm.
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A Salt Lake City native, Burnett began his career as a freelancer for Time and LIFE magazines. In 1976 he co-founded Contact Press Images, a photo agency in New York City. Over the past four decades, he has covered such pivotal events as the Vietnam War, the 1984 drought in Ethiopia, Hurricane Katrina in 2006, and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Burnett is also known for capturing intimate images of public figures ranging from Barack Obama to Bob Marley.
His numerous awards include the National Press Photographers Association’s Magazine Photographer of Year, the World Press Photo of the Year, and Best Campaign Picture. National Geographic described Burnett as “someone who can—no matter how challenging the assignment—return with the picture.”
“We are delighted and honored to welcome this world-renowned photojournalist back to his hometown,” said Jill Dawsey, chief curator at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. “Burnett’s body of work is astonishing both for its formal innovations—he is an expert in so many photographic techniques and technologies—and for the expansive sweep of late 20th and 21st century history that he has captured.”
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