“I think that what you’ve got to do is discover the essential truth of the situation, and have a point of view about it.”
Burt glinn
Burt Glinn— one of the original American magnum photographers. Truly great photographer, and I don’t really know anyone photographer who mentions him.
I like his courage
Burt Glinn embedding himself with the Castro revolutionaries in Cuba. What guts!
His favorite photo
USA. Washington, D.C. 1959. Nikita KHRUSHCHEV in front of the Lincoln Memorial. 
From Wikipedia:
When asked in an interview which of his images he most closely identifies with, Glinn replied that without a doubt it is the picture showing the back of Nikita Khrushchev‘s head in front of the Lincoln Memorial:
I was late and I couldn’t get to where everybody else was, in front of Khrushchev, so I came running up and I was in the back of him. And I looked up and there it was. I got two shots of that and then it disintegrated. If I’d been on time I would have gotten a very ordinary picture of Khrushchev and Henry Cabot Lodge looking at this statue of Lincoln but you couldn’t see the statue. The most important thing that a photographer like me can have is luck, you know.[1]
Great compositions
Getting close to his subjects, layers. His great project on Hugh Hefner’s behind the scenes life.
USA. Nevada, Las Vegas. 1966. Hugh HEFNER, Playboy founder, with bunnies at his mansion. 
USA. Chicago. 1966. Hugh HEFNER in the Chicago Playboy mansion. 
USA. New York City. 1959. Sammy DAVIS Jr. looks out a Manhattan window. 
USA. New York City. 1964. Museum of Modern Art Opening. “Black on Black on black” – Two Nuns Viewing Ad REINHARDT Painting. 
GREAT BRITAIN. London. 1966. Twiggy on a photo shoot. 
USSR. 1961. Giant mural of Lenin in front of the Park for Industry and Science. 
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