Burk Uzzle

Born: 1938-04-08

Burk Uzzle (August 4, 1938 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American photojournalist, previously member of Magnum Photos and president from 1979 to 1980. Burk Uzzle has spent his life as a professional photographer. Initially grounded in documentary photography when he was the youngest contract photographer hired by Life magazine at age 23, his work continues to reflect the human condition. For sixteen years during the 1970s and 1980s, he was an active contributor to the evolution of Magnum and served as its President in 1979 and 1980. While affiliated with the cooperative, he produced the iconic and symbolic image of Woodstock (showing Nick Ercoline and Bobbi Kelly hugging), helped people grasp an understanding of the assassination and funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and powerfully projects comprehension of what it means to be an outsider - from Cambodian war refugees to disenfranchised populations without voice or agency to portraits of communities not identified on a roadmap. His life, philosophy, and continuing work was explored in the critically acclaimed 2020 documentary feature film F11 and Be There by director Jethro Waters. WIKIPEDIA


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America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine

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Released: 2011-12-02

Life was an iconic weekly magazine that specialised in extraordinarily vivid photojournalism. In...

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Gunfighter Paradise

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Released: 2024-03-02

A camouflaged man returns to the rural family home as the fabric of his reality disintegrates....

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F11 and Be There

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Released: 2018-10-28

Burk Uzzle's singular vision and dedication to the medium of photography led him from a small,...

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