Raised in Virginia, Harvey started taking pictures in 1956. Tell It Like It Is, his first book of photographs, was published in 1966, and in 1978, the National Press Photographers Association named him Magazine Photographer of the Year. Harvey's produced 40 essays for National Geographic magazine, and his work has been featured at the Museum of Modern Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He's traveled the world as a photographer, but calls North Carolina home.