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While in Antarctica, Morton became the 39th
person to reach the South Pole. He produced several photo
essays covering historic events in Antarctica, which were
published in National Geographic, Life, Paris Match and Stern.
Shortly thereafter, he joined Magnum and started traveling
and photographing stories full-time.
Morton has covered the world, combining
advertising assignments for his corporate clients—including
Minolta, Nikon, Bank of America, Chevron, and American Airlines—with
editorial assignments for Travel & Leisure, Geo, Ski and National
Geographic, among others.
During the next two decades, Morton worked
as a photographer and film producer, based in San Francisco,
working on such films as The Graduate
and Petulia. He was also a pioneer
in the stock photography business, helping to establish and
successfully grow The Image Bank, the first modern stock agency.
Morton has published several successful
books, from Operation Deep Freeze, Antarctica
in 1958 to the highly acclaimed San Francisco:
City by the Bay, which was first published in 1985,
and has sold out five printings and is now in a third edition.
Morton's work has been widely exhibited,
including: Photography and the Fine Arts, ICP, New York; "South
Pacific" at the De Young Museum (One Man Show); “Golden Gate
50” (Joint exhibition with Peter Stackpole); "Conversation
Across Time", Ansel Adams/Morton Beebe at Dominican University,
and "San Francisco" (One Man Show), at the Gap Art Collection
in San Francisco.
Morton continues to work from San Francisco,
California, where he lives with his wife, Danielle Chavanon
Beebe. Current projects include editorial and advertising
assignments, a large stock archive represented by Corbis,
and an ongoing underwater video project with the Deep Flight
Aviator submersible.
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