Gregory Halpern
Gregory Halpern (born 1977) is an American photographer and teacher. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology and is a nominee member of Magnum Photos..
Halpern has published five books of his own work. Omaha Sketchbook (2009) is an artist's book portrait of the titular city; Harvard Works Because We Do (2003) is a book of photographs and text, presenting a portrait of Harvard University through the eyes of the school's service employees;[1][2]A (2011) is a photographic ramble through the streets of the American Rust Belt; East of the Sun, West of the Moon is a collaboration with Halpern's wife, the photographer Ahndraya Parlato; and Zzyzx (2016) is a book of photographs from Los Angeles.[3]
Halpern is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.[3]Zzyzx won PhotoBook of the Year at the 2016 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.[4]
Contents
1 Life and work
2 Publications
2.1 Publications by Halpern
2.2 Publications with others
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links
Life and work
Halpern grew up in Buffalo, New York. He holds a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. He has taught at California College of the Arts, Cornell University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvard University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
In 2018 Halpern became a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[5][6]
Publications
Publications by Halpern
Harvard Works Because We Do. New York: Quantuck Lane/W.W. Norton, 2003. With an introduction by Studs Terkel
Omaha Sketchbook. J&L Books, 2009.
A. J&L Books, 2011.
Zzyzx. London: Mack, 2016.
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ISBN 978-1-942953-33-3. Annual Series 6, Book 3. Halpern, Guido Guidi, Jason Fulford, and Viviane Sassen each had one book in a set of four. Edition of 1000 copies.
Publications with others
The Photographer’s Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas. New York: Aperture, 2014.
ISBN 978-1-59711-247-5. Edited by Halpern and Jason Fulford.
East of the Sun, West of the Moon. Études Books N°8. Paris: Études, 2014. By Ahndraya Parlato and Halpern.
ISBN 978-2-36962-003-7. With a text by Nicholas Muellner. Edition of 300 copies. In English and French.
Awards
- 2014: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation[3]
- 2016: Zzyzx won PhotoBook of the Year, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, Paris.[4]
References
^ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/books/on-writers-and-writing-harvard-s-working-poor.html
^ http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/12/08/a_harvard_education/
^ abc Ulin, David L. (13 September 2016). "Southern California, End of the Line". The New Yorker. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
^ ab "Announcing the Winners of the 2016 PhotoBook Awards". Aperture Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
^ "Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees – British Journal of Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
^ "Updates from the 2018 Magnum Photos Annual General Meeting". Magnum Photos. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
External links
- Official website
- "Omaha Sketchbook"
- Gregory Halpern On Documentary Ethics – Preoccupations, Subjectivity and Untruths (2013)
- Solo Show: Gregory Halpern, A
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