David Burnett (photojournalist)

Burnett won the 1980 World Press Photo award with a photo of a Cambodian woman holding her child in her arms waiting for food to be distributed at a refugee camp (1980)
One of Burnett's historical photos: Ruhollah Khomeini comes to Iran.
Burnett at the book signing for "Soul Rebel".

David Burnett (born 1946)[1] is an American magazine photojournalist based in Washington, D.C. His work from the 1979 Iranian revolution was published extensively in Time (including its "Man of the Year" portrait of the Ayatollah Khomeini).

He has won dozens of top awards for his work, including the 1973 Robert Capa Gold Medal (with Raymond Depardon and Chas Gerretsen) from the Overseas Press Club for work in Chile,[2] the 1980 Magazine Photographer of the Year from the National Press Photographers Association,[3] and the 1980 World Press Photo of the Year.[4]

He was a member of the Gamma photo agency and co-founded Contact Press Images.

External images
image icon One of Burnett's photos of Phan Thi Kim Phúc, burned by napalm at Trảng Bàng in 1972.
image icon Burnett's photo of another child injured at Trảng Bàng.
  1. ^ "Untitled Document".
  2. ^ "The Robert Capa Gold Medal 1973 Archived 2012-09-05 at archive.today", Overseas Press Club of America. Accessed 2010-07-13.
  3. ^ "Pictures of the Year". NPPA. 2012-10-16. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  4. ^ "1980 Photo Contest | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-14.