The Man Behind the Lens

"David Burnett has photographed gun battles in the streets of Iran, Olympic divers seemingly paused in mid-air, every president since John F. Kennedy. He’s chronicled D-Day anniversaries in Normandy and authored “Soul Rebel,” a book of Bob Marley images. He’s won more national and international awards for his work behind the lens than there are contact sheets in the National Archives.

And yet he can still recall what was “probably the only event I didn’t take a camera to in four years” as a CC student: the famed 1967 Homecoming concert by The Doors."

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