20 Facts About Charles Gatewood

Charles Robert Gatewood was an American photographer, writer, videographer, artist and educator, who lived and worked in San Francisco, California.

From ages one to three Gatewood lived with his father, John Jay Gatewood and his mother, Clarene Hall Gatewood near Dallas, Texas.

In 1945 the family moved to Rolla, Missouri, where Charles Gatewood's father found work as a traveling salesman.

From 1960 to 1964, Charles Gatewood attended the University of Missouri, majoring in Anthropology and taking a minor in art history.

In 1964, as he was finishing his first year of graduate work, Gatewood met George W Gardner, a gifted student photographer.

Charles Gatewood credited Gardner's work and a Museum of Modern Art photography book, "The Family of Man" as influences that helped him choose a career in photography.

From 1964 to 1966, Charles Gatewood lived and worked in Stockholm, Sweden.

Charles Gatewood enrolled at the Stockholm University to study sociology and apprenticed with a group of documentary photographers.

At night, Charles Gatewood took advantage of his press pass and the agency's sophisticated equipment to photograph jazz concerts and happenings.

In June, 1966, Charles Gatewood returned to the United States, rented an apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side, and found work as second assistant at Jaffe-Smith photography studio in Greenwich Village.

Ten months later, after learning studio photography techniques and advanced darkroom skills, Charles Gatewood quit Jaffee-Smith and began his career as a freelance photographer.

Charles Gatewood rented part of a photography studio at 8 East 12th Street, and sold photos to textbooks, magazines, poster companies, and other editorial markets.

From 1970 to 1974 Charles Gatewood worked as staff photographer for the Manhattan Tribune.

Charles Gatewood photographed on assignment for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Harper's, Business Week, Time and other magazines.

In 1972 and 1976, Charles Gatewood was awarded CAPS fellowships by the New York State Arts Council.

From 1978 to 1987, Charles Gatewood lived near Woodstock, New York, and worked in Manhattan and elsewhere.

In 1985, a feature film about Charles Gatewood, titled "Dances Sacred and Profane", premiered at the Antwerp Film Festival and was screened in US theaters to critical acclaim.

From 1987, Charles Gatewood lived and worked in San Francisco, California.

Charles Gatewood photographed a number of nude studies during this period.

Charles Gatewood died in San Francisco, California on April 28,2016, after sustaining serious injuries in a fall from his balcony three weeks earlier, in an apparent suicide attempt.