Shirley Burden Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Shirley Burden Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Shirley Carter Burden (December 9, 1908 â€" June 3, 1989) was a

prominent American photographer, author of picture essays on racism,

Catholicism, and history of place. He served on advisory committees of

museums, including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California, and

was the Photography Committee chairman at the Museum of Modern Art in

New York, and of Aperture, which named the Burden Gallery (New York)

in his honour.Burden was born on December 9, 1908, in New York City,

the youngest son of William Armistead Moale Burden and Florence

Vanderbilt (née Twombly) Burden. He was the brother of Ambassador

William Armistead Moale Burden II. His maternal grandparents were

Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (1854â€"1952) and Hamilton McKown

Twombly (1849-1910), and he was a great-great-grandson of Cornelius

Vanderbilt.He was at the Browning School in New York City until 1926,

but did not go on to college or university education.Beginning in

1924, Burden assisted at Pathé News. In 1926, he and his cousin

filmed an Ontario Indian tribe for their The Silent Enemy, and from

1927 held a minor position at Paramount Studios. A 1929 meeting with

Edward Steichen inspired his interest in photography and later gained

his mentorship. He sought better motion picture prospects in

California and Hollywood and from 1929 to 1934 used his contact Merian

C. Cooper to gain associate producer work, most significantly at RKO

on Academy Award nominated "She".
Shirley Burden Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


Share this

Share/Bookmark

SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER

Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.



Related Post

Newer Post Older Post Home