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Peter Hill Beard (January 22, 1938 – March 31 / April 19, 2020) was an American artist, photographer, diarist, and writer who lived and worked in New York City, Montauk and Kenya. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs, have been widely shown and published since the 1960s.
Sep 24, 2020 · The Legend of Peter Beard. The artist and bon vivant lived a spectacular life, but in death, shadows loom over his legacy. By Stacey Stowe. September 24, 2020. Beard accompanied by giraffes...
Peter Beard Studio. The primary source for artwork by Peter Beard. The Studio also maintains an archive of published and unpublished written and visual material relating to the artist’s life, work, projects, travels, exhibitions and relations with his cohort. For appointments please contact info@peterbeard.com. Primary Menu
Apr 19, 2020 · Peter Beard, a New York photographer, artist and naturalist to whom the word “wild” was roundly applied, both for his death-defying photographs of African wildlife and for his own much-publicized...
Apr 20, 2020 · Photographer Peter Beard, world-renown for his beautiful and intimate images of Africa and African wildlife, was found dead at age 82 after he went missing from his Montauk, New York, home on...
Biography. Peter Beard was born in New York City in 1938. A childhood obsession with nature blossomed during summers spent in Tuxedo Park with his grandmother who gave him his first camera, a Voightländer. Taking pictures became a natural extension of the way he already preserved his memories in meticulously crafted diaries.
Peter Beard was an American photographer best known for his documentary images of Africa arranged in unique photo collages that combine painting, drawing, and text. Part documentarian, part activist, Beard’s work captured the plight of a continent succumbing to industrialization.
Apr 21, 2020 · Sir Mick Jagger and Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes are among the stars who have paid tribute to photographer Peter Beard, who has died at the age of 82.
Apr 20, 2020 · “Peter was an extraordinary man who lived an extraordinary life,” his family said in a statement. “He squeezed every drop out of every day.… He was an intrepid explorer, unfailingly...
Apr 30, 2020 · Remembering Peter Beard, photographer and artist, champion of East African wildlife, friend and collaborator of Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol. Photographer, diarist, and...
