Education
He attended the prestigious Chouinard Art Institute alternating his education at the University of California.
He attended the prestigious Chouinard Art Institute alternating his education at the University of California.
During his 45-year career, his work was published in many high-profile American magazines, including Esquire Magazine, New York Magazine, Travel + Leisure, Seventeen, Time, Newsweek, Harper"s Bazaar, McCall"s Magazine and Woman"s Day. He also provided covers for books, record albums, and international magazines (sometimes with himself as his model). Born in Chicago in 1920, his family moved to Los Angeles when he was twelve.
Wynn moved to New York in 1947 and got his editorial start at Seventeen, where he quickly became successful shooting fashion.
He went on to shoot major accounts for top advertising agencies including Revlon (with Kay Daly ) and memorable campaigns for clients as diverse as International Paper, Van Raalte and Maidenform (the famous "I dreamed I was in my Maidenform bra" ), and Ford cars, while continuing his photojournalist work covering events such as Le Mans auto racing. Wynn"s New York studio was a busy place.
His portraiture and photo essays included entertainers (Jimmy Durante, Dolly Parton), artists (Salvador Dalí) musicians (Duke Ellington, Luciano Pavarotti, Louis Armstrong), television personalities (Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar), movie stars (Robert De Niro, Katharine Hepburn, Dustin Hoffman, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Pacino), film directors, (Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, François Truffaut), fashion models (Suzy Parker and Jane Fonda in the early days of her career) and such national figures as President and Mistress Lyndon Johnson, Rose Kennedy, Norman Mailer, Gloria Steinem and the very young Bill Gates (for a Newsweek cover).
With Malcolm Forbes, Wynn traveled the world photographing their trip in the Forbes private plane.
His photography was recognized with numerous awards from The New York Art Directors Club, Communication Arts and the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and in 1976 his photographs were included in The Family of Manitoba photography exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Artist Dan Wynn"s photography has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery for their permanent collection and has been seen in New York City at the Bonni BenRubi Gallery among others, and the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Wynn"s editorial spreads of beautiful people and places in international cities, pubs, vineyards, and restaurants brought him into contact with food writer James Beard.
He first photographed Beard in 1963, and remained Beard"s semi-official photographer until the latter"s death, providing photographs for book covers, Beard"s various articles, recipes and food columns.
In the process, he became one of America"s most renowned food photographers. Dan Wynn died in 1995 at age 75.
Wynn was a long-standing member of ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers).