{{Short description|American photographer (1928–2017)}} {{Infobox person | name = Don Hunstein | image = Don Hunstein.jpg | alt = | caption = Hunstein in 2012 | birth_name = Donald Robert Hunstein | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|3|18|1928|11|19|mf=y}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York, US | other_names = | occupation = Photographer | alma_mater = Washington University in St. Louis | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | website = {{URL|donhunstein.com}} }} '''Donald Robert Hunstein''' (November 19, 1928 – March 18, 2017)<ref name=nyt>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/arts/music/don-hunstein-dead-photographer-of-music-stars.html?_r=0 Richard Sandomir, "Don Hunstein, Who Photographed Great Musicians, Dies at 88", ''New York Times'', March 24, 2017]</ref> was an American photographer.
== Life == [[File:Glenn Gould 1.jpg|thumb|Glenn Gould, photographed by Don Hunstein, {{Circa|1980}}]] Hunstein studied at Washington University in St. Louis, graduating in 1950. He later served in the United States Air Force in England. He returned to the U.S. in 1954 and settled in New York City. In 1955, Hunstein began working for Columbia Records,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24642290 |title=Photographer Don Hunstein's behind-the-music shots |date=24 October 2013 |website=BBC |access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref> photographing artists such as Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis, The Byrds, Aretha Franklin, and Janis Joplin.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/arts/music/don-hunstein-dead-photographer-of-music-stars.html | title=Don Hunstein, Who Photographed Great Musicians, Dies at 88 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=24 March 2017 | last1=Sandomir | first1=Richard }}</ref> He remained there until 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itsnicethat.com/features/columbia-calling-the-incredible-story-of-don-hunstein-columbia-records-in-house-photographer |title=Columbia Calling: The incredible story of Don Hunstein, Columbia Records' in-house photographer |last1=Siddall |first1=Liv |date=8 June 2015 |website=It's Nice That |access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref>
His photographs were published in the 2013 book ''Keeping Time: The Photographs of Don Hunstein''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/10/photos-keeping-time-don-hunstein-jazz-pop-soul-classical-icons |title=Just Look at These Great Old Photos of Glenn Gould, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Billie Holiday |last1=Mechanic |first1=Michael |date=11 October 2013 |website=Mother Jones |access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref> One of his best-known images is of Bob Dylan walking with Suze Rotolo; it was used for the cover of Dylan's album ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Suze |last=Rotolo |title=A Freewheelin' Time |publisher=Aurum Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7679-2688-1 |pages=216–218}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/arts/music/don-hunstein-dead-photographer-of-music-stars.html|title=Don Hunstein, Who Photographed Great Musicians, Dies at 88|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=2017-03-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
He died on March 18, 2017, at the age of 88, from Alzheimer's disease.<ref>[http://slippedisc.com/2017/03/sad-news-the-last-of-the-label-photographers-has-died/ SAD NEWS: THE LAST OF THE LABEL PHOTOGRAPHERS HAS DIED]</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|donhunstein.com}} *[http://www.overgaard.dk/the-story-behind-that-picture-0125_gb.html Thorsten Overgaard, "The Story Behind That Picture: 'Freewheelin' with Don Hunstein'"]
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