| 1938 |
- Born on January 22, New York City
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| 1945-52 |
- Attends Buckley School, NY
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| 1952-56 |
- Attends Pomfret School, CT
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| 1955 |
- First trip to Africa in June with Charles Darwin’s great grandson
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| 1956-57 |
- Attends Felsted College, Essex, England
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| 1957-61 |
- Studies with Joseph Albers at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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| 1961-62 |
- Meets and begins working with Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), author of Out of Africa, Shadows in the Grass, and Gothic Tales
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| 1963 |
- Stars in Mekas Brothers' movie, Hallelujah the Hills, screened in the first New York Film Festival
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| 1964-65 |
- Works in Tsavo National Park, Kenya and begins documenting the destruction of the habitat and subsequent death of over 35,000 elephants
- Acquires Hog Ranch in Kenya (45 acres near Ngong Hills) from Mervyn Cowie.
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| 1965 |
- First printing of The End of The Game–Last Word from Paradise
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| 1965-67 |
- Cover-story on elephants for Life Magazine with Romain Gary, "Letter to an Elephant"
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| 1966 |
- Works with The Nuffield Unit of Tropical Ecology on a population dynamics study of elephants and hippopotamuses
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| 1966-68 |
- Collaborates with Alistair Graham on crocodile study at Lake Rudolf for Kenya game department; later to become the basis of Eyelids of Morning– The Mingled Destines of Crocodiles and Men
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| 1969 |
- Arrested by newly independent Karen police in Kenya for "assault and wrongful confinement" of a poacher at Hog Ranch in the suni (smallest African antelope) poacher incident from years before
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| 1970 |
- Andy Warhol collage “Introduction to the Things of Life," 27 pages for the upcoming Taschen book From a Dead Man’s Wallet
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| 1971-72 |
- Extensive photographing of dead, starved elephants in Kenya
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| 1972 |
- Collaborates with Truman Capote on the It Shall Soon Be Here, a book about the Rolling Stones’ tour "Exiles on Main Street," (never actually published)
- Dead Elephant Interviews with Francis Bacon, later used as the introduction in the Metropolitan Museum catalogue for Bacon’s 1976 show
- Death of Jerome Hill
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| 1972-75 |
- Photographs Mount Kenya and the Aberdare's Forest fauna and flora living between Hog Ranch, Kenya and Thunderbolt Ranch, Montauk, NY.
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| 1973-76 |
- First printing of Eyelids of Morning - The Mingled Destines of Crocodiles and Men
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| 1975-76 |
- First printing of Longing for Darkness - Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa
Brings Iman to New York and starts her modeling career with Wilhelmina
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| 1975 |
- First show at Blum Helman Gallery
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| 1977 |
- First one-man show at the International Center of Photography, NYC and first giant collages, featuring the dead elephant swimming pool
- July 28 Montauk mill burns down along with twenty years of diaries and original works of art
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| 1978 |
- Makes his first film for ABC, "Wild World of Sports" with Dr. Norman Borlang’s interviews
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| 1979 |
- Peter Beard works exhibited at the Seibu Museum, Tokyo, show assisted by Eiko Ishioko
- “Whispers from Earth – NASA: Voyager Time Capsule” Photographers Gallery, London, UK
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| 1985 |
- First giant polaroids with Khadijah, Iman and Magritte Ramme
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| 1988 |
- ABC special "Peter Beard in Africa-Last Word from Paradise," produced in collaboration with Canal Plus
- “Wildlife” Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
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| 1991-92 |
- “Peter Beard” Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur Saone, France
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| 1993 |
- Printing of Diary - Diary Show opens in Tokyo
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| 1995 |
- “Fact and Fiction: Animal Visions for the 21st Century” Light Factory Photographic Arts Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
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| 1996-97 |
- First major retrospective, Carnets Africains opens at the Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
- Robert Delpire’s Photo Poche #70 is published, featuring Peter Beard
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| 1997 |
- Permanent exhibition at the Hotel Nord-Pinus, Arles, France
- Peter Beard works exhibited at Michael Hoppen Photography, London
- Oltre la fine del Mondo opens in Milan at the Palacio Royale, accompanied by the catalogue Beyond the End of the World
- Peter Beard works exhibited at Galleria Photology, Milan
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| 1998 |
- 50 Years of Portraits opens at Gallery One in Toronto, Canada
- Stress and Density opens at Camera Works, Berlin -Peter Beard art works exhibited at Paris Photo
- Peter Beard works exhibited at the photo exhibition Under/Exposed, Stockholm, Sweden
- “Peter Beard” FotoFestival Naarden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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| 1999 |
- Pettiness and Futility opens at Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles, California
- Peter Beard works exhibited in the FotoFestival Naarden, Amsterdam
- Stress and Density opens at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in conjunction with PhotoEspana, Madrid
- Peter Beard- Fifty Years of Portraits is published by Arena Editions, Sante Fe, New Mexico.
- Stress and Density opens at the KunstHausWien, Vienna, Austria
- Stress and Density book is published
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| 2000 |
- 28 pieces show at Kamel Mennour Gallery, Paris, France
- Peter Beard works exhibited at FIAC, France
- “Nomade” Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France
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| 2001 |
- “Peter Beard: Wild Life” The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA
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| 2002 |
- Francis Bacon in Arles, 1956-1985, the Van Gogh series by Francis Bacon at the Vincent Van Gogh Foundation, Arles
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| 2003 |
- Living Sculpture Show opens at Kamel Mennour Gallery in Paris, France
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| 2004 |
- Living Sculpture Show opens at Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, March
- Opening of Sony Campaign-exhibition at Arte Armani in Milan, Italy, June
- Zara's Tales is published by Knopf, November
- Begins work on Taschen book project, November
- Living Sculpture Show opens at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, England, December
- “Light Bound: Photographers Regard the Book”, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- The Andy Warhol Show, La Triennale di Milano, Milan Italy
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| 2006 |
- Peter Beard (Art Edition) is published by Taschen
- Time’s Up opens at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK
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| 2007 |
- Peter Beard (Collectors Edition) is published by Taschen
- Peter Beard is interviewed in "Beautiful Darling" a documentary on Candy Darling, The Life and Times of the Andy Warhol Superstar directed by James Rasin
- The Camargo Foundation (Cassis, France): Nine photographs donated to the permanent collection
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