Shirley Burden
Shirley Burden | |
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| Born | Shirley Carter Burden December 9, 1908 |
| Died | June 3, 1989 (aged 80) |
| Education | Browning School |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, photographer |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Margaret Florence Shirley Carter Burden, Jr. |
| Parent(s) | William Armistead Moale Burden Sr. Florence Vanderbilt Twombly |
| Relatives | Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (grandmother) Hamilton McKown Twombly (grandfather) |
| Family | See Vanderbilt |
Shirley Carter Burden (December 9, 1908 – June 3, 1989) was an American photographer, author of picture essays on racism, Catholicism, and history of place. He served on advisory committees of museums, including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California, and was the Photography Committee chairman at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and of Aperture, which named the Burden Gallery (New York) in his honor.