Harry Shunk (born Schunk or Schunke; 1924 – June 26, 2006) was a German

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

, most noted for his cooperation with

János Kender János (Jean) Kender (July 6, 1937 – December 5, 2009) was a Hungarian photographer, famous for his cooperation with colleague Harry Shunk under the name Shunk-Kender from 1957 to about 1973, firstly in Paris, and later in New York. Kender was ...

from 1957/58 to 1973 under the name

Shunk-Kender Shunk-Kender is the artistic collaboration of Harry Shunk and János Kender, who worked together largely from 1958 to 1973. Artistic duo Shunk and Kender were based initially in Paris and later in New York City. They collaborated with many arti ...

. He was, along with his partner Kender, the photographer of hundreds of artists works during the 1960s and 1970s in New York and Europe. When they disbanded in 1973, Kender gave Shunk control of the joint material and Shunk continued working with photography for a further 30 years. Shunk was born in ,

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

. He died in obscurity in Westbeth, New York City.

Collections

Shunk's work is held in the following permanent collection: *

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

, Washington, D.C.: 7 works (as of July 2021)

References

External links

Shunk Archive - Shunk-Kender Photography Collection, 1958–1973
Photographers from Saxony 1924 births 2006 deaths People from Leipzig (district) German emigrants to the United States {{Germany-photographer-stub