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| Yale University (graduated 1961) |
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| Career:Escapism through collage, books, diaries and anthropology |
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| 1st exhibition |
| Blum-Helman |
| New York, 1975 |
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| 1st One Man Show |
| ICP |
| New York, 1977 |
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| “Diary,” |
| Seibu Museum |
| Japan, 1979 |
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| Burnt Diaries |
| (Ms. Watari) Watari Gallery |
| 1979 |
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| African Diary Wallpaper |
| Seibu Museum |
| 1993 |
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| Carnets Africains |
| Paris, 1996-97 |
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| Pettiness and Futility |
| LA, 1998 |
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| 50 Years of Portraits |
| Toronto, LA, New Orleans, Santa Fe, 1998-1999 |
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| Stress and Density |
| Berlin and Vienna, 1999 |
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| 28 Pieces |
| Kamel Mennour |
| Paris, 1999 |
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| Living Sculpture |
| Kamel Mennour |
| Paris, 2003 |
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| Living Sculpture |
| Fahey/Klein Gallery |
| Los Angeles, 2004 |
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| Living Sculpture |
| Michael Hoppen Gallery |
| London, 2004 |
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| 30's |
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| 1938 |
| + Born on January 22, New York City |
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| 40's |
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| 1945-52 |
| + Attends Buckley School, NY |
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| 50's |
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| 1952-56 |
| + Attends Pomfret School, CT |
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| 1955 |
| + First trip to Africa in June with Charles Darwin’s great grandson |
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| 1956-57 |
| + Attends Felsted College, Essex, England |
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| 1957-61 |
| + Studies with Joseph Albers at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut |
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| 60's |
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| 1961-62 |
| + Meets and begins working with Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), author of Out of Africa, Shadows in the Grass, and Gothic Tales |
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| 1963 |
| + Stars in Mekas Brothers' movie, Hallelujah the Hills, screened in the first New York Film Festival |
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| 1964-65 |
| + Works in Tsavo National Park, Kenya and begins documenting the destruction of the habitat and subsequent death of over 35,000 elephants |
| + Acquires Hog Ranch in Kenya (45 acres near Ngong Hills) from Mervyn Cowie. |
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| 1965 |
| + First printing of The End of The Game–Last Word from Paradise |
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| 1965-67 |
| + Cover-story on elephants for Life Magazine with Romain Gary, "Letter to an Elephant" |
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| 1966 |
| + Works with The Nuffield Unit of Tropical Ecology on a population dynamics study of elephants and hippopotamuses |
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| 1966-68 |
| + Collaborates with Alistair Graham on crocodile study at Lake Rudolf for Kenya game department; later to become the basis of Eyelids of Morning– The Mingled Destines of Crocodiles and Men |
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| 1969 |
| + Arrested by newly independent Karen police in Kenya for "assault and wrongful confinement" of a poacher at Hog Ranch in the suni (smallest African antelope) poacher incident from years before |
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| 70's |
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| 1970 |
| + Andy Warhol collage “Introduction to the Things of Life," 27 pages for the upcoming Taschen book From a Dead Man’s Wallet |
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| 1971-72 |
| + Extensive photographing of dead, starved elephants in Kenya |
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| 1972 |
| + Collaborates with Truman Capote on the It Shall Soon Be Here, a book about the Rolling Stones’ tour "Exiles on Main Street," (never actually published) |
| + Dead Elephant Interviews with Francis Bacon, later used as the introduction in the Metropolitan Museum catalogue for Bacon’s 1976 show |
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| 1972-75 |
| + Photographs Mount Kenya and the Aberdare's Forest fauna and flora living between Hog Ranch, Kenya and Thunderbolt Ranch, Montauk, NY. |
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| 1973-76 |
| + First printing of Eyelids of Morning - The Mingled Destines of Crocodiles and Men |
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| 1975 |
| + First show at Blum Helman Gallery |
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| 1975-76 |
| + First printing of Longing for Darkness - Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa
Brings Iman to New York and starts her modeling career with Wilhelmina |
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| 1977 |
| + First one-man show at the International Center of Photography, NYC and first giant collages, featuring the dead elephant swimming pool
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| + July 28 Montauk mill burns down along with twenty years of diaries and original works of art |
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| 1978 |
| + Makes his first film for ABC, "Wild World of Sports" with Dr. Norman Borlang’s interviews |
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| 1979 |
| + Peter Beard works exhibited at the Seibu Museum, Tokyo, show assisted by Eiko Ishioko |
| + “Whispers from Earth – NASA: Voyager Time Capsule” Photographers Gallery, London, UK |
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| 80's |
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| 1985 |
| + First giant polaroids with Khadijah, Iman and Magritte Ramme |
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| 1986 |
| + Peter Beard began collaborating with Polaroid Corporation’s Artists Support Program and subsequently in 1992 and 1993. Nine giant Polaroids from this collaboration were added to the Polaroid Collections of Photography. |
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| 1988 |
| + Zara Sophia Beard born on 22 September in New York City |
| + ABC special "Peter Beard in Africa-Last Word from Paradise" |
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| 90's |
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| 1991-92 |
| + “Peter Beard” Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur Saone, France |
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| 1993 |
| + Printing of Diary - Diary Show opens in Tokyo |
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| 1995 |
| + “Fact and Fiction: Animal Visions for the 21st Century” Light Factory Photographic Arts Center in Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| 1996-97 |
| + First major retrospective, Carnets Africains opens at the Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France |
| + Robert Delpire’s Photo Poche #70 is published, featuring Peter Beard |
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| 1997 |
| + Permanent exhibition at the Hotel Nord-Pinus, Arles, France |
| + Peter Beard works exhibited at Michael Hoppen Photography, London |
| + Oltre la fine del Mondo opens in Milan at the Palacio Royale, accompanied by the catalogue Beyond the End of the World |
| + Peter Beard works exhibited at Galleria Photology, Milan |
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| 1998 |
| + 50 Years of Portraits opens at Gallery One in Toronto, Canada |
| + Stress and Density opens at Camera Works, Berlin -Peter Beard art works exhibited at Paris Photo |
| + Peter Beard works exhibited at the photo exhibition Under/Exposed, Stockholm, Sweden |
| + “Peter Beard” FotoFestival Naarden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| 1999 |
| + Pettiness and Futility opens at Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles, California |
| + Peter Beard works exhibited in the FotoFestival Naarden, Amsterdam |
| + Stress and Density opens at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in conjunction with PhotoEspana, Madrid |
| + Peter Beard- Fifty Years of Portraits is published by Arena Editions, Sante Fe, New Mexico. |
| + Stress and Density opens at the KunstHausWien, Vienna, Austria |
| + Stress and Density book is published |
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| 00's |
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| 2000 |
| + 28 pieces show at Kamel Mennour Gallery, Paris, France |
| + Peter Beard works exhibited at FIAC, France |
| + “Nomade” Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France |
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| 2001 |
| + “Peter Beard: Wild Life” The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 2002 |
| + Francis Bacon in Arles, 1956-1985, the Van Gogh series by Francis Bacon at the Vincent Van Gogh Foundation, Arles |
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| 2003 |
| + Living Sculpture Show opens at Kamel Mennour Gallery in Paris, France |
| + Shoots the Sony Campaign in Sardinia in May |
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| 2004 |
| + Living Sculpture Show opens at Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, March |
| + Opening of Sony Campaign-exhibition at Arte Armani in Milan, Italy, June |
| + Zara's Tales is published by Knopf, November |
| + Begins work on Taschen book project, November |
| + Living Sculpture Show opens at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, England, December |
| + “Light Bound: Photographers Regard the Book”, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| + The Andy Warhol Show, La Triennale di Milano, Milan Italy |
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| 2006 |
| + Peter Beard (Collectors Edition and Art Edition) is published by Taschen |
| + Time’s Up opens at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK |
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| 2007 |
| + Peter Beard travels and shoots extensively in Turkey |
| + Peter Beard is interviewed in "Beautiful Darling" a documentary on Candy Darling, The Life and Times of the Andy Warhol Superstar directed by James Rasin |
| + The Camargo Foundation (Cassis, France): Nine photographs donated to the permanent collection |
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| 2008 |
| + Shoots the 2009 Pirelli Calendar in Botswana, Africa in May. Calendar launched November. |
| + End of The Game republished by Taschen in May |
| + Peter Beard Trade Edition is published by Taschen in October |
| + Peter Beard image is chosen for UNESCO holiday card collection |
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| 2009 |
| + Pirelli Calendar is published |
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| 2010 |
| + Elephant Parade - Peter Beard creates a unique collaged life sized baby elephant that will be displayed in Somerset House from May - July in London to benefit conservation organizations to save the endangered Asian elephant. |
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| 10's |
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| 2011 |
| + SPECTRAL IMAGING PROJECT - A letter from the personal collection of Peter and Nejma Beard, Letter from Bambare, written by David Livingstone in 1871 to his friend a later biographer, Horace Waller - first document to be decoded in the project. Link to full version |
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