Gregory Halpern

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Gregory Halpern (born 1977) [1] is an American photographer and teacher. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology and is a nominee member of Magnum Photos.

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Halpern has published a number of books of his own work; Zzyzx won PhotoBook of the Year at the 2016 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. [2] He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014. [3]

Life and work

Halpern grew up in Buffalo, New York. [4] He holds a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. [5] 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. [6] [7] He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology. [5]

Omaha Sketchbook (2009) is an artist's book portrait of the titular city. [8] [9] 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. [10] [11] 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 the photographer Ahndraya Parlato. [12] Zzyzx (2016), named after Zzyzx, California, contains photographs from Los Angeles. [3] [13] Let the Sun Beheaded Be (2020) was made over several months in the French archipelago of Guadeloupe. [14] [15]

In 2018 Halpern became a nominee member of Magnum Photos. [16] [17]

Publications

Publications by Halpern

Publications with others

Awards

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  2. 1 2 "Announcing the Winners of the 2016 PhotoBook Awards". Aperture Foundation. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Ulin, David L. (September 13, 2016). "Southern California, End of the Line". The New Yorker . Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  4. 1 2 White, Ryan (September 19, 2019). "15 years of photographing the 'american heartland'". i-D. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Gregory Halpern". Rochester Institute of Technology. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Gregory Halpern". www.lightwork.org. July 29, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ http://www.gregoryhalpern.com/documents/CV-9-24-12.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  8. ↑ "Omaha Sketchbook by Gregory Halpern". Tank Magazine. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  9. ↑ "The big picture: crash and dash at the demolition derby". The Guardian. September 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  10. ↑ Jefferson, Margo (September 28, 2003). "ON WRITERS AND WRITING; Harvard's Working Poor". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ "Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / A Harvard education".
  12. ↑ "Gregory Halpern and Ahndraya Parlato's Gloriously Unmoored Photographs". www.vice.com. November 6, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Gregory Halpern". 1000 Words. October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Gregory Halpern: Let the Sun Beheaded Be". SFMOMA. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Gregory Halpern's "Let the Sun Beheaded Be"". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees – British Journal of Photography". British Journal of Photography . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Updates from the 2018 Magnum Photos Annual General Meeting". Magnum Photos . June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Gregory Halpern's ZZYZX – California dreamin' in the 21st century". The Guardian. October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  19. ↑ "The best photography books of 2016". The Guardian. December 19, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Magical beauty and deep pain in Gregory Halpern's homage to Guadeloupe". British Journal of Photography. August 27, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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