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Peter Hill Beard (January 22, 1938 – March 31 / April 19, 2020) was an American artist, photographer, diarist, and writer who lived and worked in New York City, Montauk and Kenya. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs, have been widely shown and published since the 1960s.
Peter Beard Studio. The primary source for artwork by Peter Beard. The Studio also maintains an archive of published and unpublished written and visual material relating to the artist’s life, work, projects, travels, exhibitions and relations with his cohort. For appointments please contact info@peterbeard.com. Primary Menu
Sep 24, 2020 · His nickname was “Walkabout,” an apt tag for the irrepressible spirit that was Peter Beard, as comfortable amid wild game in Kenya as he was behind the velvet ropes of a wild club. In 82 years,...
Peter Beard. Biography. Peter Beard was born in New York City in 1938. A childhood obsession with nature blossomed during summers spent in Tuxedo Park with his grandmother who gave him his first camera, a Voightländer. Taking pictures became a natural extension of the way he already preserved his memories in meticulously crafted diaries.
Apr 19, 2020 · Peter Beard, a New York photographer, artist and naturalist to whom the word “wild” was roundly applied, both for his death-defying photographs of African wildlife and for his own much-publicized...
Dec 8, 2022 · Peter Beard bled for his art. Literally. In Graham Boynton’s rollicking biography a friend recalls the handsome and wayward American artist stabbing himself in the thigh with a pair of Japanese...
Apr 20, 2020 · He was an intrepid explorer, unfailingly generous, charismatic, and discerning. He was a pioneering contemporary artist who was decades ahead of his time in his efforts to sound the...
Apr 27, 2020 · Last week, renowned wildlife photographer Peter Beard was found dead in Montauk, New York, at the age of 82. We asked some of his friends and colleagues for their remembrances. Margrit Rammé, model. Peter Beard, Margrit Rammé with world-record bull elephant tusk. Photo courtesy of Margrit Rammé. During my career, I did not do many nude photos.
Apr 20, 2020 · The artist and wildlife photographer Peter Beard has has died at age 82. He was found dead on Sunday in the woods near his home in Long Island after an extensive, 19-day search effort.
Peter Beard was an American photographer best known for his documentary images of Africa arranged in unique photo collages that combine painting, drawing, and text. Part documentarian, part activist, Beard’s work captured the plight of a continent succumbing to industrialization.
