Don Honeyman

Don Honeyman
Born29 October 1919
Iowa, United States
Died1 June 2011(2011-06-01) (aged 91)
London, England
OccupationPhotographer
NationalityAmerican
British
SpouseGitta Sereny (m.1948–2011, his death)

Donald Honeyman, (29 October 1919 – 1 June 2011) was an American photographer, who worked for Vogue, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times, among other publications.

Honeyman was born in Iowa and attended the University of Iowa, graduating in 1940. He then served as an Army combat cameraman during the Second World War.[1] He married Gitta Sereny in 1948 and moved to London where they raised their two children.[2]

One of his creations was a 1968 solarized poster published by Athena (retailer) of Alberto Korda's famous photograph of Che Guevara, Guerrillero Heroico.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Donald William Honeyman: Obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ^ Hilton, Isabel (19 June 2012). "Gitta Sereny obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. ^ Hilton, Isabel (4 October 2007). "Che Guevara's Image Revolution". New Statesman. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  4. ^ Honeyman, Mandy (2 July 2006). "Don Honeyman's Che Guevara". Flickr. Retrieved 28 February 2018.