Colin Leslie Westerbeck Jr.[1] is a curator,
writer, and
teacher of the history of photography.
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]
Awards
Reva and David Logan Prize for New Writing on Photography.[6]
Art Institute of Chicago; Ishimoto, Yasuhiro; Isozaki, Arata; Westerbeck, Colin; Fuminori Yokoe (1999). Yasuhiro Ishimoto: A Tale of Two Cities. Chicago, Ill: Art Institute of Chicago.
ISBN0-86559-170-9.
Westerbeck, Colin; Meyerowitz, Joel (2001). Bystander: a history of street photography: with a new afterword on street photography since the 1970s. Boston:
Bulfinch Press. pp. 440 pages.
ISBN0-8212-2726-2.[9]
Westerbeck, Colin; Bey, Dawoud; James Vanderzee (2004). Van Der Zee, James (ed.). The
James Van Der Zee studio. Chicago, Ill: Art Institute of Chicago. pp. 36 pages.
ISBN0-86559-210-1.
Westerbeck, Colin; Schaffner, Ingrid (2005). Accommodations of Desire. Los Angeles: Curatorial Assistance, Inc. pp. 128 pages.
ISBN0-9707913-2-1.
Wagner, Bruce; Breisch, Kenneth A.; Keller, Judith; Westerbeck, Colin (2006). Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection. Los Angeles:
J. Paul Getty Trust: J. Paul Getty Museum. pp. 192 pages.
ISBN0-89236-854-3.
Westerbeck, Colin (2007). Irving Penn: A Career in Photography. Chicago, Ill: Art Institute of Chicago. pp. 192 pages.
ISBN978-0-300-12236-7.