Gillian Laub

Gillian Laub
Gillian Laub
Born	(1975-04-24) April 24, 1975 (age 50) New York
Occupation	Photographer, filmmaker
Nationality	American
Website
www.gillianlaub.com

Gillian Laub (April 24, 1975) ^[1] is an American photographer and filmmaker based in New York.

Early life and education

Laub was born in 1975 and raised in Chappaqua, New York. ^[1] She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in comparative literature before studying photography at the International Center of Photography in New York City.

Publications

• Testimony. New York: Aperture, 2007. ISBN   978-1597110129. With essays by Ariella Azoulay and Raef Zreik.
• Southern Rites. New York: Damiani, 2015. ISBN   978-1597110129. ^[2]
• Family Matters. New York: Aperture, 2021. Photographs and text by Laub. ISBN   9781597114912. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Exhibitions

• Gillian Laub: Family Matters, International Center of Photography, New York, 2021 ^[6]

During January 2024 in New York City, Laub set up a series of large scale projections of portraits she has taken of Holocaust survivors. The images were projected onto the sides of buildings and even the Brooklyn Bridge, in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Laub and a crew, set up the projections in the middle of the night; unannounced and without permits. The projections included quoted phrases from the survivors, and a hash tag of the title of the project, "@live2tell". The story of this exhibit and Laub's ongoing project of taking more than 300 hundred such portraits was featured in a profile segment of the U.S. television program, "CBS Sunday Morning" on February 23, 2025. ^[7]

Films

• Southern Rites

Collections

• Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA: 11 prints (as of 17 October 2021) ^[1]

References

1. "Gillian Laub: Chappaqua, NY born 1975". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
2. "Gillian Laub's "Southern Rites"". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
3. "Gillian Laub Explores Her Family's Political Dramas". The New Yorker. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
4. "Photographer Gillian Laub explores America's political divisions through the lens of her own family". Creative Boom. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
5. Rosen, Miss (29 September 2021). "Gillian Laub's photos reveal America's divisions through her own family". I-D. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
6. Budick, Ariella (13 October 2021). "Gillian Laub and Diana Markosian at the ICP — family albums". Financial Times. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
7. https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/mRkyilAcH9Van6c_zHQ5jljCcKBwO0cM/