Burt Glinn Photography
American, 1925-2008
Born 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, photographer Burt Glinn worked for LIFE magazine before joining Magnum photo agency. He photographed personalities throughout the 1950s and 60s, continuing to work commercially and editorially for more than five decades in the US and abroad on assignment, until his death in 2008.
The artist photographed revolutionary leader Fidel Castro entrance into Havana, Cuba, celebrity and art luminaries such as Andy Warhol and Helen Frankenthaler. Subject matter included the social scene of the rich, the dirtiness of politics, and the humorous. Glinn received numerous awards for his editorial and commercial photography.
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Artist: Burt Glinn
Pop Stars Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein, Iconic Black and White Photo
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick and Chuck Wein posing in a manhole on East 58th Street in Manhattan's Sutton Place. Photo by Burt Glinn (1965). A color photograph from Glinn’s Warhol phot...
Category
1960s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein, Iconic Black and White Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A 20" x 16" (18.5” x 12.5” image size) gelatin silver print of Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and Chuck Wein, 1965 by Burt Glinn with the photographer's blind stamp on recto (front lef...
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1960s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Helen Frankenthaler, Painter in the Studio, Photograph of Woman Artist 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York. Glinn captures the celebrated artist, Frankenthaler, in the process of making art - surrounded by paint, mate...
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1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Helen Frankenthaler, Painter New York City, Photograph of Woman Artist in 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A documentary portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York in the 1950s. Frankenthaler has remained a major American woman artist and female force of nature ...
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1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Gaudi Cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, Child on Swing, Black and White Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn's The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Swing, 1959, is a gelatin silver print, 20 x 16, signed and stamped print, authenticated by the estate. A young girl swings carefree agai...
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1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
New York City, Two American Artists Helen Frankenthaler and David Smith
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Painter Helen Frankenthaler and sculptor David Smith in Frankenthaler's studio in New York City, 1957 is a gelatin silver print, 20” x 16”, signed and stamped by the Glinn estate. Th...
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1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood Star 1950s on Film Set, Black and White Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn photographed one of the most highly-paid celebrity actresses, Elizabeth Taylor, 1959 on set during the filming of "Suddenly Last Summer". In the candid photo, he captures ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Nikita Krushchev, Cold War Russian Leader, Black and White Historic Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Nikita Khrushchev in front of Lincoln Memorial, 1959, Washington DC by Burt Glinn is one of the photographer's historical photographs. The portrait i...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Robert Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, Campaigning in Indiana USA, Photography 1960s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Robert Kennedy (RFK) and his wife Ethel Kennedy, campaigning in a small town in Indiana USA in 1968 is a color photograph, 16” x 24,” an archival pigment...
Category
1960s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
Marilyn Monroe, Black and White Portrait Photography of Hollywood Actor 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
American photographer Burt Glinn photographed the Hollywood star in conversation with Mike Todd and film director John Huston for a “Stop Arthritis” event which took place in New Yor...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Jack Kerouac, Black and White Photograph of Beat Generation Author with Friend
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures beatnik hipster writer Jack Kerouac in dark glasses, wearing a beret and friend Barbara Ferrara.
Beat Couple, 1959 by Burt Gl...
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1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Hugh Hefner, Vintage 1960s Black and White Photography of Playboy Magazine
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A black-and-white 12" x 8" vintage photograph of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner checking proofs for Playboy magazine, 1966 by Burt Glinn. A historical photo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Sophia Loren 1963
By Burt Glinn
Located in Toronto, ON
4" x 5" Unframed
Closed Edition Photograph
MAGNUM Photography
Hand Signed by Burt Glinn
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Digital
Elizabeth Taylor, B & W Photograph of Glam Hollywood Star on the Beach 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Elizabeth Taylor, 1959 by Burt Glinn is a black-and-white photograph shot on film a portrait of Elizabeth Taylor on the beach during the filming of the adaptation of Tennessee Willia...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Cuba, Havana, Two Black and White Photographs, Waiting for Fidel Castro
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Waiting for Fidel Castro, 1959 by American photographer Burt Glinn is a series of (2) photos, each photo is 9.5" x 12” - they are gelatin silver RC press prints, authenticated by the...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Chicago, Black and White Photography 1960s, Hugh Hefner at The Playboy Mansion
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Hugh Hefner, 1966 by Burt Glinn is a 16" x 20" portrait in Chicago, IL of the founder of playboy magazine. Hefner is on the phone on a circular bed surrou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Robert Kennedy (RFK) Campaign Trail, Black and White Portrait Photography 1960s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn’s black-and-white photograph of Robert Kennedy (RFK) documents a day-in-the-life euphoric moment from Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy’s (RFK) Campa...
Category
1960s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Water Scene, Black and White Photography, Seattle Tubing Society
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Seattle Tubing Society, 1953 by Burt Glinn is one of the photographer's iconic 1950s shots - this one of people relaxing in inner tubes on a pond. The zeitgeist of madcap and fun, th...
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1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Katharine Hepburn, Hollywood Actress 1950s, Black and White Portrait Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn photographed the 1950s Hollywood actress and star Katharine Hepburn during the filming of Tennessee William's "Suddenly Last Summer." The iconic Hepburn is captured joking...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Hugh Hefner, Black and White Photograph of Playboy Magazine Founder and Editor
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
By American photographer Burt Glinn a black-and-white 14" x 11" photograph on fiber paper (gelatin silver print) of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner who wrote for the magazine he founded,...
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1960s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Paris France, Black and White Photography Night Life 1950s, Crazy Horse Stripper
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
American photographer Burt Glinn's Stripper, Crazy Horse Saloon, Paris, 1956, is a 16" x 20" gelatin silver print, signed and authenticated by the Glinn estate. This photo offers an ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Black and White Vintage 1960s Photography, Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
By photographer Burt Glinn a black-and-white 12" x 8" vintage gelatin silver photograph of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner who founded, edited, and wrote for Playboy.
An historical photo...
Category
1960s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Paris, France, Crazy Horse Saloon Owner, Classic Black and White Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph from 1994 that captures Alain Bernardin and chorus girls at The Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris, France. A leading tourist attract...
Category
1990s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sammy Davis Junior, New York City, Portrait of African American Celebrity
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Image of Sammy Davis Junior, 1959 by American photographer Burt Glinn was shot on Madison Avenue in New York after Sammy Davis Jr.'s last performance at the Copacabana nightclub in T...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Digital
John Huston, Black and White Photograph of 1950s Film Director of The Misfits
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph from 1956 that captures John Huston, celebrated film director during the filming of The Misfits featuring Marilyn Monroe.
John Huston, 1956 by Burt Glin...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Somerset Maugham, Author in the South of France, Black and White Photography
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph from 1963 that captures Brit author (1874-1965) Somerset Maugham, age 89, at his Villa Mauresque garden in Cap Ferrat, Fr...
Category
1970s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Director Otto Preminger, Black and White Photograph of Famed 1950s Film Director
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures the famed cinema director Otto Preminger reading the publication Variety.
Otto Preminger, 1959 by Burt Glinn is a gelatin silv...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Gaudi Cathedral Barcelona, Spain, Color Photography of Young Girl, Swing
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn's The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Swing, 1959, is a color photograph, 22” x 17”, an archival pigment print signed in pencil on verso (back of photograph) by the estate wit...
Category
1950s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
England, UK, London, Black and White Photo '60s Pop Star and Her Agent, Twiggy
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Twiggy with her Manager, 1966 by Burt Glinn is a 10" x 8" gelatin silver press print from the 1960s. Magnum stamps from the period on verso (back of photo).
Top Model Twiggy and her...
Category
1960s Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
Elizabeth Taylor Spain 1959
By Burt Glinn
Located in Toronto, ON
18" x 24" Unframed
Limited Edition Photograph of 200
MAGNUM Photography
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Burt Glinn Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Digital
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