Colin Westerbeck

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Colin Leslie Westerbeck Jr. [1] is a curator, writer, and teacher of the history of photography.

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Before moving to Los Angeles, where he has taught at UCLA and USC, he was curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a regular contributor to publications such as the Los Angeles Times and West Magazine. [2] [3] [4] Before he began writing on photography, he was a film critic for Commonweal . [5]

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  2. Los Angeles Times (2006-01-12). "Los Angeles Times to Launch 'West' Magazine Feb. 5". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 29, 2007.
  3. Hachette Book Group (2007). "Colin Westerbeck biography". Hachette Book Group USA USA. Archived from the original on February 14, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
  4. Westerbeck, Colin (1997). "Chicago Art Institute pays $185,000 for Douglass portrait.(portrait of Frederick Douglass)". Ebony magazine. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
  5. Ely, Paula (2019-07-24). "Colin Westerbeck". PHOTOCULTURE. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  6. Y, D. "New Writing On Photography". The Reva & David Logan Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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  8. "J Dudley Johnston Award". Royal Photographic Society . Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  9. William Meyers (2007). "Arts & Letters - Winogrand's Scenes From the Street:Photography". The New York Sun . Retrieved September 29, 2007.