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

Life and career

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

Publications by Szabo

• 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.
  • Rolling Stones Fans. Damiani, 2015. ISBN  978-8862083997. Hardback. ^[8]
• 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

• 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

External links

• Szabo at the Gitterman Gallery
• "Dazed and confused: Joseph Szabo's portraits of adolescence – in pictures"
• "Satisfaction guaranteed: Rolling Stones fans steal the show", a gallery of photos at The Guardian