Joseph Szabo (photographer)

Joseph Szabo (born 1944) is an American photographer whose work is about adolescence.[1][2]

Joseph Szabo
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Alma materPratt Institute (MFA)
OccupationPhotographer
Known forAlmost Grown and Teenage, specifically "Priscilla"

Life and career

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Szabo was born in Toledo, Ohio.[3] He studied photography at the Pratt Institute where he received his MFA.[3] He taught photography at Malverne High School in Long Island, New York from 1972 to 1999[4] and he continues to teach at the International Centre of Photography (ICP). Szabo is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship[5] and his work resides in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[6] Yale University, ICP and the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris.[citation needed]

He is most notable for his photographs of American youth taken during the 1970s and collected in the books Almost Grown[4] and Teenage. His photograph "Priscilla" was featured as the cover of alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr's 1991 album Green Mind. Szabo made a body of work on Rolling Stones fans photographed at a concert in Philadelphia in 1978.[7][8]

He currently lives in Amityville, New York with his wife Nancy.[9]

Publications

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Publications by Szabo

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  • Almost Grown. 1978.[4] New York: Harmony. ISBN 0-517-53327-8. Photographs by Szabo and poetry collected by Alan Ziegler. With a foreword by Cornell Capa.
  • Teenage. Greybull, 2003. ISBN 978-0972778879.
  • Rolling Stones Fans. PAMbook, 2007. ISBN 978-0980369601. Paperback.
  • Jones Beach. Harry N. Abrams, 2010. ISBN 978-0810980167. With a foreword by Bruce Weber and an introduction by Vince Aletti.
  • Lifeguard. Damiani, 2018. ISBN 978-8862085427.

Publications with contributions by Szabo

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  • Contatti. Provini d'Autore = Choosing the best photo by using the contact sheet. Vol. I. Edited by Giammaria De Gasperis. Rome: Postcart, 2012. ISBN 978-88-86795-87-6.

References

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  1. ^ Bicker, Phil. "Coming of Age in America: The Photography of Joseph Szabo". Time. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. ^ Bicker, Phil. "Joseph Szabo: American Photography's Best Kept Secret". Time. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. ^ a b "Joseph Szabo's best shot". The Guardian. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. ^ a b c White, Adam (26 March 2017). "Joseph Szabo: the teacher who photographed a bygone era of American youth". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-19 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  5. ^ NEA 1984 Annual report Archived 2011-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), page 227.
  6. ^ "Joseph Szabo | Untitled". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  7. ^ "Joseph Szabo's incredible photo series captures 90,000 Rolling Stones fans high on life". HERO magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  8. ^ a b Bengal, Rebecca (22 May 2015). "Why Joseph Szabo's Rolling Stones Fans Matters to Fashion, and Beyond: The Photographer on How He Gets the Picture". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. ^ "Joseph Szabo". Michael Hoppen Gallery. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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