David Douglas Duncan
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David Douglas Duncan (January 23, 1916 – June 7, 2018) was an American photojournalist, known for his dramatic combat photographs,[1] as well as for his extensive domestic photography of Pablo Picasso and his wife Jacqueline.
Childhood and education
Duncan was born in
Career
His career as a photojournalist began when he took photographs of a hotel fire in
After college, Duncan began to freelance, selling his work to journals such as The Kansas City Star, Life and National Geographic.
After the
Duncan's wartime photographs were so impressive that after the war he was hired by Life to join its staff at the urging of J. R. Eyerman, Life chief photographer. During his time with Life, Duncan covered many events, including the end of the British Raj in India and conflicts in Turkey, Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Perhaps his most famous photographs were taken during the Korean War. He compiled many of these into a book, This Is War!, (1951), with the proceeds going to widows and children of marines who had been killed in the conflict. Duncan is considered the most prominent combat photographer of the Korean War.
His photo and talk with marines in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir are notable:
"I asked him, 'If I were God, what would you want for Christmas?'" Duncan says. "He just looked up into the sky and said, 'Give me tomorrow.'"[4]
Out of the Vietnam War, Duncan eventually compiled two additional books, I Protest! (1968) and War Without Heroes (1970). Here, Duncan abandoned impartiality and challenged the US government's handling of the war.
Aside from his combat photographs, Duncan is also known for his photographs taken informally at the homes of Pablo Picasso and his second wife Jacqueline Roque, initiated in 1956 on the suggestion of fellow photographer Robert Capa.[5] He published seven books of photographs of Picasso in all. Duncan became a close friend of Picasso and was the only person allowed to photograph many of Picasso's private paintings. Duncan lived in Castellaras, France, close to Mougins, where Picasso spent the last 12 years of his life.
Duncan greatly assisted
In 1966 he published Yankee Nomad, a visual autobiography that collected representative photographs from throughout his career. In 2003 this was revised and published under the title of Photo Nomad.
Duncan photographed both the
Duncan traveled extensively in the Middle East, having been stationed there ten years after World War II for Life. He later published The World of Allah in 1982.[7]
He
In 2021 Duncan was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.[11]
Books
- This Is War! (1951)
- The Private World of Pablo Picasso (1958)
- The Kremlin (1960)
- Picasso's Picassos (1961)
- Yankee Nomad (1966)
- I Protest! (1968)
- Self-Portrait: USA (1969)
- War Without Heroes (1970)
- Prismatics (1972)
- David Douglas Duncan [portfolio] (1972?)
- Goodbye Picasso (1974)
- The Silent Studio (1976)
- Magic Worlds of Fantasy (1978)
- The Fragile Miracle of Martin Gray (1979)
- Viva Picasso (1980)
- The World of Allah (1982)
- New York/New York (1984)
- Sunflowers for Van Gogh (1986)
- Picasso and Jacqueline (1988)
- A Secret Garden (1992)
- Thor (1993)
- Picasso Paints a Portrait (1996)
- Yo-Yo (1999)
- Faceless (2001)
- Photo Nomad (2003)
- Picasso & Lump (2006)
- Grand Prix of Monaco (2013)
- Yesterday (2016)
- The Forest World of Ann West (2018)
References
- ^ Berman, Eliza (March 17, 2015). "A War Photographer's 99-Year Journey". Time. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015.
- ^ 1934 newspaper photograph of the 1934 Congress Hotel fire at Tucson Arizona
- VFW Magazine(April 2015), p. 45.
- Adams, William Lee (November 23, 2011). "David Douglas Duncan: A Life Magazine War Photographer Looks Back". Time.
- ^ Adams, Tim (February 23, 2020). "The big picture: at home with Mr and Mrs Picasso". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020.
- ^ Nikon.com: Debut of Nikon F. Retrieved on November 23, 2015.
- ISBN 0-395-32504-8
- ^ Liz Ronk, Olivier Laurent (January 23, 2016). "Celebrated Photographer David Douglas Duncan Turns 100". Time. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ^ "War photographer David Douglas Duncan dies aged 102". The Guardian. Agence France Presse. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (June 7, 2018). "David Douglas Duncan, 102, Who Photographed the Reality of War, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ "David Douglas Duncan". International Photography Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
External links
- Martin, Sam (April 23, 1999). "An Eye for History". The Austin Chronicle. 18 (34).
- Berman, Eliza (March 17, 2015). "A War Photographer's 99-Year Journey". Time.
- David Douglas Duncan Online Exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
- Finding aid for the David Douglas Duncan Papers and Photographic Collection at the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Archived June 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine