Bill Burke | |
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Born | William M. Burke 1943 (age 81–82) Derby, Connecticut, U.S. |
Education | Middlebury College, Rhode Island School of Design |
Website | www |
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]
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.