Charles Harbutt (born July 29, 1935) is an American photographer, a former president of Magnum, and full-time Professor at Parsons School of Design in New York. July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... Magnum Photos is a world-renowned photographic agency, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. ... The Parsons School of Design, located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, is a design school affiliated (since 1970) with the New School University. ...

Biography

Harbutt's work is deeply rooted in the modern photojournalist tradition. For the first twenty years of his career he contributed to major magazines in the United States, Europe and Japan, his work often intrinsically political, exhibiting social and economic contingencies. In 1959, on the strength of three photographs published in Modern Photography he was invited by members of the communist underground to document the Cuban Revolution, as documented in his book Cuba Libre, 1959. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Cuban Revolution refers to the revolutionary war in Cuba culminating in the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista’s government on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July Movement and other revolutionary elements in the country. ...

Harbutt joined Magnum Photos and was elected president of the organization twice, first in 1979. He left the group in 1981, citing its increasingly commercial ambitions and the desire to pursue more personal work. He has subsequently taught photography workshops, exhibited in solo and group shows around the world, and joined the faculty of Parsons School of Design at New School University as a full time professor, in addition to serving as guest artist at MIT, The Art Institute of Chicago, and Rhode Island School of Design. Harbutt was a founding member of Archive Pictures and is a member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers. Magnum Photos is a world-renowned photographic agency, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Parsons School of Design, located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, is a design school affiliated (since 1970) with the New School University. ... The New School is an institution of higher learning in New York City. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT has five schools and one college, containing 32 academic departments,[2] with a strong emphasis on theoretical, applied, and interdisciplinary scientific and technological research. ... On the western edge of Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, is the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the premier art museums and schools in the United States, known especially for the extensive collection of impressionist and American art in its museum. ... The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, pronounced /RIZ-dee/) is one of the premier fine arts institutions in the United States. ...

His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum of American History, the Corcoran Gallery, the U.S. Library of Congress, George Eastman House, the Art Institute of Chicago, the International Center of Photography, the Tucson Center for Creative Photography, and at the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Beaubourg, and the Maison Europeene de la Photographie in Paris. He is represented in New York by the Laurence Miller Gallery. View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ... The National Museum of American History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall. ... The Great Hall interior. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier fine art institutions in the United States. ... Founded in 1974, the International Center for Photography is located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City (United States). ...

In 1997, his negatives, master prints & archives were acquired for the collection of the Center for Creative Photography, in Tucson, Arizona. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area    - City 505. ... It has been suggested that Arizona Governors Mansion be merged into this article or section. ...

More recently he mounted a large exhibition of his work at the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City in December 2000 and received the medal of the City of Perpignan at a retrospective of his work there in 2004. Nickname: La Ciudad de los Palacios Country Mexico State Federal District Founded (as Tenochtitlan) 1325 Head of Government Marcelo Ebrard Area    - City 1,479 1 km² Elevation 2,240 m Population    - City (2005) 8,720,916  - Density 5,741/km² Time zone Central Time zone (UTC-6) 1 Area of... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Books

• Cuba Libre, 1959 (2006)
• Progreso (1986)
• Travelog (1974)
• America In Crisis (1969) (contributor and co-editor)

External links

• Charles Harbutt's official website
• Dreams and Memories exhibition at Laurence Miller Gallery
• Charles Harbutt Collection at The Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona