David Burnett launched his photographic career as an intern at Time magazine in 1967.
David Burnett was born in 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Early in his career he became the last photojournalist to cover the American war in Vietnam for.
Born on September 25, 1946, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Burnett's passion for photography began at an early age.
David Burnett is a photojournalist with more than 5 decades of work covering the news, the people, and visual tempo of our age.
A photographer and filmmaker who often captures moments in the outdoors – including around his passions of rock climbing and surfing.
Born on September 25, 1946, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Burnett's passion for photography began at an early age..
David Burnettwas born in 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Early in his career he became the last photojournalist to cover the American war in Vietnam for Life magazine.
He has since worked in over 70 countries, documenting the coup in Chile (1973), revolution in Iran (1979), famine in Ethiopia (1984), the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989), and the US military intervention in Haiti (1994).
A co-founder of Contact Press Images in 1976 with Robert Pledge, he is the winner of the 1973 Robert Capa Gold Medal, the 1979 World Press Photo Premier Award, the Overseas Press Club of Americas Olivier Rebbot Best Reporting from Abroad in Magazines and Books Award in 1984, and a first prize in the World Press Photo in 2005.
A co-founder of Contact Press Images, David Burnett has worked in more than 75 countries over the course of his three-decade career.
David served as a WPP juror in 1997 and President of its jury in 1999. He taught the WPP Masterclass in 2007.
A veteran journalist of the political scene in Washington, he has photographed every American presi