{{Short description|American photographer}} {{Infobox person | name = Macduff Everton | image = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" (or "Image:") prefix or enclosing brackets --> | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name above --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|8|13}} | birth_place = Pearl River, New York, U.S. | other_names = | education = University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1981, M.F.A. 1984) | occupation = | years_active = | era = | employer = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{Marriage|Ruth Everton|1968|1973|end=div}} * {{Marriage|Mary Heebner|1989}} }} | children = 1 | parents = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_size = | website = {{URL|macduffeverton.com}} }}
'''Macduff Everton''' (born August 13, 1947) is an American photographer, known for his work with the Maya primarily on the Yucatán Peninsula.
==Early life and education== Macduff Everton was born on August 13, 1947, in Pearl River, New York, to missionaries.<ref name='islands'>{{cite journal|last=Schurman|first=Dewey|date=October 1990|title=Photographer: Macduff Everton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4U_9UFwlD0C&q=Macduff+Everton+August+13%2C+1947&pg=PA12|journal=Islands |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=Islands Publishing Company|volume=10|issue=5|pages=12–16|issn=0745-7847|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> Everton moved with his family to Oregon when he was one year old.<ref name='islands'/> He would eventually land in Santa Barbara, California, when his father, Clyde, became a pastor at Trinity Episcopal Church.<ref name='seasons'>{{cite web|url=http://sbseasons.com/2012/04/macduff-everton-on-photography/|title=MACDUFF EVERTON ON PHOTOGRAPHY|last=Palladino|first=D.J.|date=April 30, 2012|website=sbseasons.com|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> He attended Santa Barbara High School before leaving to explore the world.<ref name='seasons'/>
While hitchhiking on his journey at age 17, he picked up a camera on a Danish street abandoned by an American who didn't want to appear as a tourist; the resulting images were the first he was able to successfully sell in Japan.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Campbell|first=Nell|date=Summer 2012|title=Macduff Everton and the Maya|url=http://pfmagazine.com/2012/magazine/macduff-everton-and-the-maya|journal=Photographer's Forum|location=Santa Barbara, California|publisher=Serbin Communications, Inc.|volume=34|issue=3 |pages=30–38|access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Morgan|first=Susan|date=March 1997|title=Talent: The Big Picture|journal=Mirabella|location=New York City, New York|pages=32–33|issn=1044-5153}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2012/08/a-photographers-passion-chronicling-40-years-of-maya |title=A photographer's passion: chronicling 40 years of Maya|last=Napoli|first=Lisa|date=August 6, 2012|website=kcrw.com|publisher=KCRW|access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>
Everton returned to the United States at 19 years old and landed a job with an educational film company to create college-level archaeological and anthropological filmstrips in Latin America.<ref name='landscape'>{{cite book |last=Hope |first=Terry |year=2003 |title=Landscape: The World's Top Photographers and the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images |location=Hove, England |publisher=RotoVision |pages=68–73 |isbn=9782880465766}}</ref> This led to Everton's introduction to the Maya people in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.<ref name='landscape'/> To support his documentary projects about the Maya and their culture, he took seasonal jobs such as wrangler, muleteer, and white-water rafting river guide.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Reynales |first=Trish |date=August 1995 |title=Macduff Everton |journal=Camera & Darkroom |pages=38–47}}</ref><ref name='worldphoto'>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldphoto.org/about-the-sony-world-photography-awards/honorary-judges/2013-honorary-judging-committee/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115132457/http://www.worldphoto.org/about-the-sony-world-photography-awards/honorary-judges/2013-honorary-judging-committee/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |title=2013 Honorary Judging Committee: Macduff Everton |website=worldphoto.org |publisher=World Photography Organisation |access-date=March 11, 2015 }}</ref>
Everton would spend six months at a time in the backcountry, then return to the Yucatán, and finally the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he earned a B.A. in 1981 from the College of Creative Studies and an M.F.A. in 1984 when he was in his mid-30s.<ref name='worldphoto'/><ref name='islands'/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ccs.ucsb.edu/people/alumni/distinguished-alumni/macduff-everton |title=College of Creative Studies alumni profile |website=ccs.ucsb.edu |publisher=College of Creative Studies |access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Everton's first trip to the Yucatán was in 1967.<ref name='LAT Maya'>{{cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Christopher |date=September 26, 2012 |title=Macduff, the Maya, and 40 years of photographs |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2012-sep-26-la-trb-macduff-maya-photographs-20120924-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> His 1991 book, ''The Modern Maya: A Culture in Transition'', shed light on the Maya people during globalization and critical change.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} In 2012, the University of Texas Press published ''The Modern Maya: Incidents of Travel and Friendship in Yucatán''.<ref name='LAT Maya'/> He updated readers on the modern Maya people from his previous book and viewed the effects of racism, tourism, and drugs, among others. Everton has chronicled the lives of his Maya friends and their families over a 40-year span.<ref name='LAT Maya'/> As he wrote, "While most history chronicles the famous, this book is about the lives of ordinary people who are the soul of their culture."<ref>{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Macduff |date=March 1, 2012 |title=The Modern Maya: Incidents of Travel and Friendship in Yucatán |location=Austin, Texas |publisher=University of Texas Press |page=38 |isbn=9780292726932}}</ref>
Everton is also considered a master of panoramic photography.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meers |first=Nick |year=2003 |title=Stretch: The World of Panoramic Photography |location=Hove, England |publisher=RotoVision |pages=54–59 |isbn=9782880466923}}</ref> His magnum opus is his work with the living Maya on the Yucatán Peninsula.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ai-ap.com/publications/article/3184/books-macduff-evertons-magnum-opus-among-the-may.html |title=Macduff Everton's Magnum Opus Among the Maya |last=Schonauer |first=David |date=May 9, 2012 |website=ai-ap.com|location=New York City, New York |publisher=American Illustration and American Photography |access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshua-berman/5-questions-for-macduff-everton_b_1697836.html |title=5 Questions About Travel For Photographer Macduff Everton |last=Berman |first=Josh |date=July 26, 2012 |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> His appreciation of light and weather, coupled with his observational skills, have been attributed to his time living in rural areas.<ref name='worldphoto'/> Everton shares a sense of place through his photographs, whether portraits depict individuals or landscapes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://art.state.gov/ArtistDetail.aspx?id=100088 |title=US Department of State artist biography |website=art.state.gov |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>
Everton's works are in the public collections of Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Museum, International Center of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Musée de l'Élysée, and Museo de Arte Moderno.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/evemod |title=The Modern Maya: Author |website=utpress.utexas.edu |publisher=University of Texas Press |access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>
===Writings=== He has contributed to several archaeological books by other authors, including ''The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Mayan Temples and Tombs'', ''Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path'', and ''The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/macduff-everton |title=Macduff Everton books |website=barnesandnoble.com |publisher=Barnes & Noble |access-date=March 12, 2015}}</ref>
===Editorial work=== Hired originally by editors for his fine art eye, Everton earned a reputation as a photographer who knew how to travel.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wignall |first=Jeff |date=July 1998 |title=Macduff Everton: Have Panoramic, Will Travel |journal=Photo District News |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=60–64 |issn=1045-8158}}</ref> He has previously worked with several print and online publications, including Condé Nast Traveler, Life, Los Angeles, The New York Times Magazine, Outside, and Smithsonian.<ref name='ng'>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/experts/macduff-everton/detail |title=National Geographic Expeditions biography |website=nationalgeographicexpeditions.com |publisher=National Geographic Society |access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> He is a contributing editor and photographer at National Geographic Traveler, where he has photographed stories from Beijing to Big Sur.<ref name='ng'/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/about-us/masthead/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825070701/http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/about-us/masthead |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 25, 2013 |title=Traveler Staff and Contributors |website=travel.nationalgeographic.com/ |publisher=National Geographic Society |access-date=March 12, 2015}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Peter Galassi, director of photography at Museum of Modern Art, noted the playful creativity of Everton's early artistic exploration: “Macduff Everton's series of fotoverigraphs is an unusually imaginative and witty piece of work. No academic could offer a more persuasive demonstration of the elasticity of photographic meaning -- or one so full of pleasure and surprise.”<ref>{{cite book |title=That's Not Entirely True: An Album of Fotoverigraphs Editorial Reviews |isbn=0938531018 }}</ref> An early champion of his landscape portraiture, ''The New York Times'' photography critic and curator Andy Grundberg wrote, “Macduff Everton updates travel photography in the same way that Ansel Adams updated 19th-century photography of the West. He captures strange and eloquent moments in which time, and the world, seem to stand still.”<ref>{{cite journal |last=Grundberg |first=Andy |date=July 1989 |title=Photography: The New Hot Shots |journal=Metropolitan Home |publisher=Meredith Corporation |volume=21 |issue=7 |pages=39–43 |issn=0273-2858}}</ref>
==Personal life== Everton lives in Santa Barbara, California.<ref name='ng'/><ref name='LAT Maya'/> He married Mary Heebner, also a University of California, Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies alumna, in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sullivangoss.com/mary_heebner/ |title=MARY HEEBNER biography |website=sullivangoss.com |publisher=Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery |access-date=March 12, 2015}}</ref> Past artistic collaborations include ''The Western Horizon'' and ''Patagonia, La Última Esperanza''.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Western Horizon |isbn=0810945622 |last1=Heebner |first1=Mary |date=November 2000 |publisher=Harry N. Abrams }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patagonia.com/us/product/patagonia-la-ultima-esperanza-hardcover-book?p=BK246-0 |title=Patagonia, La Última Esperanza |website=patagonia.com |publisher=Patagonia |access-date=March 12, 2015}}</ref> They were featured in director Russ Spencer's Full Circle, a documentary about their collaboration on ''The Western Horizon''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macduffeverton.com/html_pages/resume/independent.html |title=Macduff Everton |publisher=Macduff Everton |date=2001-04-21 |access-date=2013-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macduffeverton.com/html_pages/resume/newspress.html |title=SB NewsPress |publisher=Macduffeverton.com |date=2001-03-06 |access-date=2013-11-26}}</ref>
He was married in 1968 to Ruth Everton, but the couple divorced in February 1973.<ref name='sbind'>{{cite journal |last=Palladino |first=D.J. |date=February 8–15, 2001 |title=The Loneliness of Place |url=http://www.macduffeverton.com/html_pages/resume/independent.html |journal=Santa Barbara Independent |location=Santa Barbara, California |volume=15 |issue=742 |access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name='utpex'>{{cite web |url=http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/evemod |title=The Modern Maya: Excerpts |website=utpress.utexas.edu |publisher=University of Texas Press |access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref> Everton has a son from the previous marriage, Robert Everton.<ref name='sbind'/><ref name='utpex'/>
==Published works== * ''The Modern Maya: Incidents of Travel and Friendship in Yucatán'' (University of Texas Press, 2012) {{ISBN|9780292726932}}<ref name="LAT Maya" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Everton |first=Macduff |url=http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/evemod |title=The Modern Maya - University of Texas Press |publisher=Utpress.utexas.edu |access-date=2013-11-26}}</ref> * ''Patagonia: La Ultima Esperanza'' (University of Texas Press, 2012) {{ISBN|9780938531029}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/evepat |title=Patagonia, La Última Esperanza - University of Texas Press |publisher=Utpress.utexas.edu |access-date=2013-11-26}}</ref> * ''The Book of Santa Barbara'' (Tixcacalcupul Press, 2010) {{ISBN|9780982927007}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bookofsantabarbara.com/ |title=The Book of Santa Barbara |publisher=The Book of Santa Barbara |access-date=2013-11-26}}</ref> * ''The Western Horizon'' (Harry N. Abrams, 2000) {{ISBN|978-0-8109-4562-3}} * ''The Modern Maya: A Culture in Transition'' (University of New Mexico Press, 1991) {{ISBN|978-0-8263-1240-2}} * ''That’s Not Entirely True: An Album of Fotoverigraphs'' (Tixcacalcupul Press, 1986) {{ISBN|978-0-938531-01-2}} * ''El Circo Mágico Modelo'' (Carolrhoda Books, 1979) {{ISBN|978-0-87614-106-9}} * ''Birdmen of Papantla'' (Ward Ritchie Press, 1972) {{ISBN|978-0-378-60453-6}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|macduffeverton.com/}} * [http://www.independent.com/news/2010/dec/02/poodle-radio-finds-unlikely-images-and-future-musi/ Unlikely Images Radio Interview with Macduff Everton and Mary Heebner]
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