Charles Harbutt, Photojournalist With an Eye for Art as Well as News, Dies at 79 – The New York Times

Charles Harbutt, Photojournalist With an Eye for Art, Dies at 79

Mr. Harbutt infused his work with evocative imagery and as an art photographer he transformed conventional scenes into surreal metaphors.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/03/arts/charles-harbutt-photojournalist-with-an-eye-for-art-as-well-as-news-dies-at-79.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Mr. Harbutt’s early fascination with magic and the elusive line between perception and reality steered him toward journalism and its documentary role, first as a writer