Archives: Inductees

David Douglas Duncan

1916 – 2018

ABOUT

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, David Douglas Duncan attended the University of Arizona, where he studied archaeology. He eventually continued his education at the University of Miami, where his interest in photojournalism began in earnest as picture editor and photographer of the university paper. After college, Duncan began to freelance, selling his work to journals such as The Kansas City Star, LIFE and the National Geographic Magazine. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the Marine Corps, earned an officer’s commission, and became a combat photographer. He covered the Battle of Okinawa, and was on board the USS Missouri for the Japanese surrender. After the war, he was hired by LIFE magazine, for which he took some of the most well known photographs of the Korean War. Aside from his combat photographs, Duncan is known for his photographs of Pablo Picasso, to whom he had been introduced by fellow photographer Robert Capa. He published seven books of photographs on Picasso and was the only person allowed to photograph many of Picasso’s private paintings. Duncan died in June 2018 in Grasse, France, at the age of 102.

• David Douglas Duncan was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame at a ceremony October 29th, 2021.

Dawoud Bey

1953 –

ABOUT

Dawoud Bey began his career as an artist in 1975 with a series of photographs, “Harlem, USA,” that were later exhibited in his first one-person exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1979. Since then, his works have exhibited by and included in numerous institutional collections such as the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art, and other museums worldwide.

• Dawoud Bey was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame at a ceremony October 29th, 2021.

Sally Mann

1951 –

ABOUT

Sally Mann is known for her photographs of intimate and familiar subjects rendered both sublime and disquieting. Her projects explore the complexities of familial relationships, social realities, and the passage of time, capturing tensions between nature, history, and memory.

Portrait of Sally Mann © Annie Leibovitz, Courtesy Gagosian

• Sally Mann was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame at a ceremony October 29th, 2021.

Pete Souza

1954 –

ABOUT

Pete Souza is a best-selling author, speaker and freelance photographer based in Madison, Wisconsin. He is best known for his tenure as the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama. His book, Obama: An Intimate Portrait debuted at #1 on the New York Times best-sellers list and is one of the best-selling photography books of all time. Souza became known as “the king of shade” during the Trump administration for juxtaposing his Obama photographs on Instagram with the tweets and quotes of the 46^th president. His book, Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents also debuted at #1 on the New York Times best-sellers list.

• Pete Souza was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame at a ceremony October 29th, 2021.

Magnum Photos

Magnum Photos represents some of the world’s most renowned artists and photographers, maintaining its founding ideals and idiosyncratic mix of journalist, artist and storyteller. For over 70 years Magnum Photos has provided the highest quality photography to an international client base of media, charities, publishers, brands and cultural institutions.

Carrie Mae Weems

1953 –

ABOUT

Considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. Determined as ever to enter the picture—both literally and metaphorically—Weems has sustained an on-going dialogue within contemporary discourse for over thirty years. During this time, Carrie Mae Weems has developed a complex body of art employing photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation, and video.