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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 not limited to: Uzzle's Life magazine work from 1962 to 1968; Dunn, N.C., in 1962, concentrating on his father, who was the city manager; Uzzle’s hitchhike trip across America in 1964; the period immediately after Martin Luther King's death in 1968, including King's funeral; refugee camps in Thailand and Cambodia, 1979 and 1980; the Woodstock music festival; Liverpool; Haiti; 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; and Civil War reenactments. Additional materials are held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. |
Creator | Uzzle, Burk |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. |
Language | English |
This summary description was created in May 2022 to provide information about materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2022
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North Carolina native Burk Uzzle (b. 1938) is a white photojournalist and professional photographer. His career began in North Carolina, then 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.
Back to TopContains a portion of the photographic archive of photojouranlist Burk Uzzle. Contents include, but not limited to: Uzzle's Life magazine work from 1962 to 1968; Dunn, N.C., in 1962, concentrating on his father, who was the city manager; Uzzle’s hitchhike trip across America in 1964; the period immediately after Martin Luther King's death in 1968, including King's funeral; refugee camps in Thailand and Cambodia, 1979 and 1980; the Woodstock music festival; Liverpool; Haiti; 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; and Civil War reenactments. Additional materials are held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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