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David Douglas Duncan

George Tourtellot, 1938, 19 November, Portrait of Duncan, crouched in tall grass, balancing a large camera on his right knee. David D. Duncan (photographing hunt) taking pix [sic] from worm's eye view. [Outside Kansas City, Mo.], Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, LL/7877

David Douglas Duncan

Born: 1916, 23 January - US, MO, Kansas City
Died: 2018, 7 June - France, Grasse
Gender: Male
Active: Global

American photojournalist, particularly noted for his book ‘This is War‘ that dealt with the Korean War and for his work with Pablo Picasso. A vast archive of his photographs and documents are housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

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George Tourtellot, 1938, 19 November, Portrait of Duncan, crouched in tall grass, balancing a large camera on his right knee. David D. Duncan (photographing hunt) taking pix [sic] from worm's eye view. [Outside Kansas City, Mo.], Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, LL/7877

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Carl Mydans, 1950, Carl Mydans and David Douglas Duncan, Photograph, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, LL/103669

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David Douglas Duncan, 1966, Portrait of the Artist, Gelatin silver print, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, LL/81242

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David Douglas Duncan (January 23, 1916 - June 7, 2018) was an American photojournalist, known for his dramatic combat photographs, as well as for his extensive domestic photography of Pablo Picasso and his wife Jacqueline.

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