Commercial & Journalism Photographer Arlington, Virginia
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David Burnett has been photographing the world for more than 35 years. He graduated from Colorado College in 1968 (B.A. Political Science) and began working as a free lancer for Time, and later Life magazine, at first in Washington DC and Miami, and later in South Viet Nam. After two years in Vietnam, and the demise of Life weekly, he joined the French photo agency Gamma, traveling the world for their news department for two years.
In 1975 he co-founded Contact Press Images, in New York, and for the the last three decades, he has traveled extensively, working for most of the major photographic and general interest magazines in the U.S. and Europe.
His work encompasses News, Feature, and People pictures, as well as landscapes and scenics. He is known as someone who can, no matter how challenging the assignment, return with 'The Picture.'
His awards include 'Magazine Photographer of the Year' from the Pictures of the Year Competition, the 'World Press Photo of the Year', and the Robert Capa Award from the Overseas Press Club, to name but a few.
He continues working around the world, having traveled to more than 75 countries, producing photographic essays for Time, Fortune, ESPN Magazine, and many others as well as working on major Advertising campaigns, including 'Union Bank of Switzerland', Kodak, Rolex, Merck, and the U.S. Army.
