Ken Heyman was born in New York City and attended Columbia University. While at Columbia, he took a class with the noted anthropologist Margaret Mead. This began a collaboration that lasted over twenty years. Mead invited Heyman to accompany her on a trip to Bali shortly after his graduation in 1956, and other trips soon followed. His photographs of these trips are in two books he co-authored with Mead, Family and World Enough. He has worked on many other books, including ten children’s books written by Ann Morris. Heyman has photographed for a variety of magazines, including LIFE, and for several photographic agencies, including Magnum.
His works are held in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.
Mary O'Donnell Hulme
1930 - 2019
American
