Born in New York, NY, raised in New York, Alabama, and Long Island, Peter Beard kept diaries at an early age Peter entered Yale University as a pre-medical student, but soon switched to art history, ...

Charging lions, smiling natives, preening supermodels — all have their place in the life of intrepid photographer Peter Beard. Born in 1938 into an affluent family, the dashing Beard eschewed studies ...