Tag: Charles Harbutt

  • Charles Harbutt’s Travelog: The Best Essay About Photography Ever Written?

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    Charles Harbutt’s Travelog: The Best Essay About Photography Ever Written? | PDNPulse When photographer and former Magnum president Charles Harbutt died on June 29, we called Alex Webb, one of the many photographers Harbutt mentored, for comment. Webb described Harbutt as “a remarkable teacher” who “thought about photography in interesting via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/07/charles-harbutts-travelog-the-best-essay-ever-about-photography.html When photographer…

  • 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 as Well as News, Dies at 79 – The New York Times

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    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,…

  • Magnum Photos Blog

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    Magnum NewsIn Memoriam: Charles Harbutt, 1935-2015 Charles Harbutt, a member of Magnum from 1963 to 1981, died at the end of June, 2015. A unique and remarkable photographer, he was president of Magnum twice — from 1970-1972 and 1976-1978 — and was an important presence in the agency for many years. Charlie was also a…

  • Charles Harbutt: Photographer, Teacher, Mentor – The New York Times

    Charles Harbutt: Photographer, Teacher, Mentor – The New York Times

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    Charles Harbutt: Photographer, Teacher, Mentor Charles Harbutt, a former president of Magnum Photos, saw photography not as art, but as “a reality high.” An influential teacher and mentor, he died on Tuesday at the age of 79. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/charles-harbutt-photography-as-a-reality-high/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog Charles Harbutt, a former president of Magnum Photos, died Tuesday in Monteagle, Tenn., where…

  • Photos by Charles Harbutt

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    Photos by Charles Harbutt – Down on the Street: Awesome set of photos by Charles Harbutt, someone I had never heard of until this morning.

  • Charles Harbutt – I Don’t Take Pictures; Pictures Take Me (1972)

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    AMERICANSUBURB X: THEORY: “Charles Harbutt – I Don’t Take Pictures; Pictures Take Me (1972)”: How is this continuum of photographer, world, and camera achieved? Each person must find it individually, but for me it has flowed from the realization that I don’t take pictures, pictures take me. I can do nothing except have film in…