Flip Schulke | |
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Born | Graeme Phelps Schulke June 24, 1930 New Ulm, Minnesota |
Died | May 15, 2008 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Macalester College |
Known for | Photography |
Flip Schulke (born Graeme Phelps Schulke, June 24, 1930–May 15, 2008) [1] [2] was an American photographer.
Flip Schulke was born Graeme Phillips Schulke, [1] and grew up in New Ulm, Minnesota. [3] His nickname "Flip" came about from his interest in gymnastics. [4] [5] He graduated from Macalester College, then moved to Miami. [3]
He taught briefly at the University of Miami, then began working as a freelance photographer. [3] He worked for Life , and covered a variety of events, including the Cuban Revolution. [3]
In 1962, he visited and photographed the Berlin Wall. [4]
Schulke began photographing the civil rights movement in the American south as early as 1956. [3]
Schulke formed a bond with civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. after an all-night conversation in 1958, and began photographing him. [3] [4] King invited Schulke to photograph secret planning meetings of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, though not all of the activists trusted him being there. [1] He also photographed the 1963 March on Washington [1] and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. [1] They traveled together until King's death in 1968, [6] which upset Schulke so much that he stopped covering the civil rights movement and began to work on more commercial projects. [4] In all, he took around 11,000 photographs of King, including some of his funeral. [1]
Schulke photographed Muhammad Ali, [6] Jacques Cousteau, [6] Fidel Castro [6] and John F. Kennedy. [6] He also was a photographer for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica program in the early 1970s. [7]
Schulke died on May 15, 2008, at age 77. [3]
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin holds 300,000 of his photographs. [4] [6] His photographs are also held in a variety of museums, including the Harvard Art Museums, [8] the Cleveland Museum of Art, [9] the National Museum of American History, [10] the University of Michigan Museum of Art, [11] the Minneapolis Institute of Art, [12] and the Lehigh University Art Galleries. [13]
Flip Schulke | |
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Born | Graeme Phelps Schulke June 24, 1930 New Ulm, Minnesota |
Died | May 15, 2008 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Macalester College |
Known for | Photography |
Flip Schulke (born Graeme Phelps Schulke, June 24, 1930–May 15, 2008) [1] [2] was an American photographer.
Flip Schulke was born Graeme Phillips Schulke, [1] and grew up in New Ulm, Minnesota. [3] His nickname "Flip" came about from his interest in gymnastics. [4] [5] He graduated from Macalester College, then moved to Miami. [3]
He taught briefly at the University of Miami, then began working as a freelance photographer. [3] He worked for Life , and covered a variety of events, including the Cuban Revolution. [3]
In 1962, he visited and photographed the Berlin Wall. [4]
Schulke began photographing the civil rights movement in the American south as early as 1956. [3]
Schulke formed a bond with civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. after an all-night conversation in 1958, and began photographing him. [3] [4] King invited Schulke to photograph secret planning meetings of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, though not all of the activists trusted him being there. [1] He also photographed the 1963 March on Washington [1] and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. [1] They traveled together until King's death in 1968, [6] which upset Schulke so much that he stopped covering the civil rights movement and began to work on more commercial projects. [4] In all, he took around 11,000 photographs of King, including some of his funeral. [1]
Schulke photographed Muhammad Ali, [6] Jacques Cousteau, [6] Fidel Castro [6] and John F. Kennedy. [6] He also was a photographer for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica program in the early 1970s. [7]
Schulke died on May 15, 2008, at age 77. [3]
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin holds 300,000 of his photographs. [4] [6] His photographs are also held in a variety of museums, including the Harvard Art Museums, [8] the Cleveland Museum of Art, [9] the National Museum of American History, [10] the University of Michigan Museum of Art, [11] the Minneapolis Institute of Art, [12] and the Lehigh University Art Galleries. [13]