Ken Heyman

Ken Heyman (October 6, 1930 - December 10, 2019) was an American photographer best known for his collaborations with the cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead and the 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson.

Biography

Heyman studied under Margaret Mead at Columbia University and subsequently traveled with her to the Indonesian island of Bali where they collaborated on the book Family (1965). The volume went on to sell over 300,000 copies. Mead once said of helm's work done in concert with her own that "Ken photographs relationships".[1]

Then in 1966 Heyman did the photographs for the volume This America with text by President Lyndon B. Johnson extolling the latter's Great Society plan.[2]

In 1975 Heyman collaborated on a second book with Mead, World Enough.[3]

Heyman also took the photos for the book The Private World of Leonard Bernstein, which peers into the inner sanctum of the composer, conductor, and musician Leonard Bernstein and includes a picture the lensman captured of Charlie Chaplin singing an Aria from Giuseppe Verdi's La traviataL with Bernstein playing the piano.[4][5][6][7][8]

Heyman's work is included in the permanent collection of among other art institutions the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Whitney Museum in New York City.[9][10]

References
  1. "Ken Heyman, prominent photographer of 'relationships,' dies at 89". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  2. Johnson, Lyndon B.; Heyman, Ken (1966). This America. New York: Random House.
  3. "Ken Heyman". International Center of Photography. 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. "The Private World of Leonard Bernstein". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  5. "AI-AP | Pro Photo Daily - Around the Net » Passings: Ken Heyman, Collaborative Photographer With a Singular Eye, Dies at 89". www.ai-ap.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  6. Genzlinger, Neil (2019-12-17). "Ken Heyman, 89, Dies; Collaborative Photographer With a Singular Eye". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  7. "Leonard Bernstein Remembered: Photographs by Ken Heyman, Ruth Orkin, and Shlomo Ben-Yaacov". International Center of Photography. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  8. "Ken Heyman, prominent photographer of 'relationships,' dies at 89". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  9. "Ken Heyman". International Center of Photography. 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  10. "Ken Heyman | Nigerian Railsplitter". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-04-04.


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