Burt Glinn

Burton Samuel Glinn (July 23, 1925 – April 9, 2008) was an American professional photographer who worked with Magnum Photos. He covered revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's entrance into Havana, Cuba, and photographed people such as Andy Warhol and Helen Frankenthaler. Glinn's photos show such things as the social scene of the rich, the dirtiness of politics, and the humorous flotilla that called itself the Seattle Tubing Society. He was also a contributor to Holiday.

Early life Glinn, a Pittsburgh native, studied literature at Harvard University, where he edited and photographed for the college newspaper Harvard Crimson.

He was president of Magnum from 1972 to 1975 (then re-elected to the position in 1987) and also served as president of the American Society of Media Photographers. He covered the Sinai War as well as the US Marine invasion of Lebanon

When asked in an interview which of his images he most closely identifies with, Glinn replied that without a doubt it is the picture showing the back of Nikita Khrushchev's head in front of the Lincoln Memorial:

Death Burt Glinn died on April 9, 2008, in Southampton, New York, aged 82. The stated cause of death was kidney failure and pneumonia. He is survived his wife, Elena Prohaska, his son, Sam, of Manhattan, and his sister, Norma Sue Madden of Pittsburgh. A tribute to Glinn was set up at the SAM Gallery in Seattle, Washington, where Glinn worked and lived during the 1950s and 1960s.

Awards Dana Reed Award, Harvard College Mathew Brady Award for Magazine Photographer of the Year, University of Missouri Best Book of Photographic Reporting from Abroad, Overseas Press Club Best Print Ad of the Year, Art Director's Club of New York Best Annual Report of the Year from Financial World, Warner Communications Annual Report

Exhibitions 2005 Havana: The Revolutionary Moment - George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, US 2002 Havana: The Revolutionary Moment - Photographs by Burt Glinn - Americas Society, New York, US 2000 Reflections: Photos of Water - Sag Harbor Picture Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, US 1999 Fifty Years Behind a Camera: The Photography of Burt Glinn - Sag Harbor Picture Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, US

Books 1955 The Dark Eye in Africa (with Laurens van der Post), William Morrow, US; Hogarth Press, UK 1967 A Portrait of All the Russias (with Laurens van der Post), William Morrow, US; Hogarth Press, UK, 1968 A Portrait of Japan, (with Laurens van der Post), William Morrow, US, ASIN B000OLIBFQ 2001/02 Havana: The Revolutionary Moment, Umbrage Editions, US/Dewi Lewis, UK,