Charles Harbutt

author · photographer

active 1950–2012

Charles Harbutt is a distinguished photographer and educator who spent the first twenty years of his career as a photojournalist. He was twice president of Magnum Photos and worked extensively for magazines in Europe, Japan, and the United States. Since 1980, he has focused on personal artistic photography, exploring themes that blend reality with surrealism. Harbutt is an accomplished educator, having taught at institutions including Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), MIT, Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper Union, Parsons, Pratt Institute, and Bard College. He served as an associate professor at Parsons, the New School for Design, starting in 1999. His work has been exhibited globally at major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney, and the Centre Pompidou.[1]

  • Surrealism
  • Photojournalism
  • Personal Photography

Books

Works by Charles Harbutt

  • 1974 Travelog MIT Press · book · English · ISBN 0262580268 Awarded the Arles award for Best photographic book of 1974.
  • 2012 Departures and Arrivals Damiani · book
  • 1986 Progreso Navarin Editeur · book · English (1987)
  • 1983 Charles Harbutt: I Grandi Fotografi Editoriale Fabbri · book · Italian

Exhibitions

  • 2004 Recent large exhibition Perpignan · solo
  • 2006 Recent large exhibition New York · solo
  • 2008 Recent large exhibition Manila · solo

Awards

  • 1974 Arles award: Best photographic book of 1974 Arles Festival
  • 2012 Master photographer Fotofest in Bursa, Turkey

References

  1. CHARLES HARBUTT. tabutmag.com. 2018 link