Bill Burke (photographer)

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Bill Burke
Born
William M. Burke

1943 (age 7778)
Derby, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
Education Middlebury College,
Rhode Island School of Design
Website http://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

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  4. "1978 - Bill Burke". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  5. "Artists, Bill Burke". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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  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.