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Size | 40 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 100,000 items) |
Abstract | Contains a portion of the photographic archive of white photojournalist Burk Uzzle. Contents include, but are not limited to: Uzzle's Life magazine work from 1962 to 1968; Dunn, N.C., in 1962, with an emphasis on Uzzle's father, who was the city's manager at that time; Uzzle’s hitchhiking trip across the United States in 1964; the period immediately after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, including King's funeral; the Woodstock music festival, 1969; refugee camps in Thailand and Cambodia, 1979 and 1980; Liverpool, 1967; Haiti, 1975; Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Fla., during the 1980s; Appalachia and the South, beginning in 2006 and including the African American community in Eastern United States in 2010s. Formats include negatives, 35mm slides, photographic prints, and contact sheets. |
Creator | Uzzle, Burk. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. |
Language | English |
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North Carolina native Burk Uzzle (b. 1938) is a white photojournalist and professional photographer. His career began in North Carolina and expanded nationally and internationally. He was the youngest photographer hired by Life magazine. He was a member of the photography agency Magnum Photos from 1967 to 1983, and served as its president in 1979 and 1980. Late in his career he returned to North Carolina and continued his work as a photographer, both in his studio in Wilson, N.C., and on road trips. Uzzle has photographed subject matter relevant to North Carolina and the South, including Black residents living near his studio.
For more detailed biographical information on Burk Uzzle and to learn more about his career, see Burk Uzzle Website: Through Photography My Heart Sings What I Feel: About Burk Uzzle" WHAT I FEEL .
Back to TopContains a portion of the photographic archive of white photojournalist Burk Uzzle. Contents include, but are not limited to: Uzzle's Life magazine work from 1962 to 1968; Dunn, N.C., in 1962, with an emphasis on Uzzle's father, who was the city's manager at that time; Uzzle’s hitchhiking trip across the United States in 1964; the period immediately after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, including King's funeral; the Woodstock music festival, 1969; refugee camps in Thailand and Cambodia, 1979 and 1980; Liverpool, 1967; Haiti, 1975; Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Fla., during the 1980s; Appalachia and the South, beginning in 2006 and including the African American community in Eastern United States in 2010s. Additional materials are held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Formats include negatives, 35mm slides, photographic prints, and contact sheets.
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