War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life out of old-style photojournalism.
As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of almost everything else. I… - David Burnett
As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of almost everything else. I…
- David Burnett
It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be gla… - David Burnett
It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be gla…
War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life … - David Burnett
War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life …
I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants. - David Burnett
I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants.
I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are. - David Burnett
I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are.
The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different. - David Burnett
The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different.
The loss of letters in today's world is one of the great losses we are experiencing, though we shan't know the full extent of it for another twenty o… - David Burnett
The loss of letters in today's world is one of the great losses we are experiencing, though we shan't know the full extent of it for another twenty o…
I see myself as a recorder of history, sort of a visual historian. - David Burnett
I see myself as a recorder of history, sort of a visual historian.
When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic. - David Burnett
When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic.
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