Biographical Information

Burk Uzzle has given more than five decades to his unique blend of the American sensibility, its themes and values, and his own way of seeing. Often blending the individual psyche of a particular place or person with his sometimes quirky, sometimes humorous, and always respectful way of photographing, Burk has produced a body of work all his own.

Solo museum exhibitions include The Art Institute of Chicago, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, International Center of Photography in New York, the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, and the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Books of his work include "Landscapes," "All American," "Progress Report on Civilization," "A Family Named Spot," and "Just Add Water."

Burk was the youngest photographer ever hired by Life Magazine when he was placed under contract at the age of twenty three, and then went on to a fifteen year membership in Magnum Photos, the international photographers co-operative, where he served for two years as its president before leaving in 1983.

From his home in North Carolina, Burk has many new projects, books, and exhibitions in the works. Burk is in many museums and private collections worldwide, and is represented in New York by the Laurence Miller Gallery.

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