Bill Burke (photographer)

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Bill Burke
Born
William M. Burke

1943 (age 8081)
Derby, Connecticut, U.S.
Education Middlebury College,
Rhode Island School of Design
Website www.binhfoto.com

William M. Burke (born 1943) is an American photographer and educator known for his 20 years of documentary photography in Vietnam and neighboring countries, detailing the effects of war. [1]

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Biography

William M. Burke was born in 1943 in Derby, Connecticut. [2] In 1966, he received a B.A. degree in Art History from Middlebury College. [3] He continued studies at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and received a B.F.A degree in 1968 and a MFA degree in 1970, while studying with photographer Harry Callahan. [3]

In 1971, he started teaching at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. [3] In 1978, he became a Guggenheim fellow in photography. [4]

His work is included in many public collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), [2] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), [5] Princeton University Art Museum, [6] Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), [7] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [8] among others.

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References

  1. "Bill Burke's Gallery, American Experience". PBS. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  2. 1 2 "Artists: Bill Burke". Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bill Burke". International Center of Photography (ICP). 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  4. "1978 - Bill Burke". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  5. "Artists, Bill Burke". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  6. "Bill Burke, American Art Collaborative". American Art Collaborative (AAC). Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  7. "Bill Burke | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  8. "Collection: Fire + Iron". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 2020-01-31.