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.

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

• Harvard Works Because We Do. New York: Quantuck Lane/ W.W. Norton, 2003. With an introduction by Studs Terkel
• Omaha Sketchbook. J&L, 2009. ^[4]
• A. J&L, 2011.
• Zzyzx. London: Mack, 2016. ^{[18] [19]}
• Confederate Moons. Oakland, CA: TBW, 2018. ISBN  978-1-942953-33-3. Annual Series 6, Book 3. Halpern, Guido Guidi, Jason Fulford, and Viviane Sassen each had one book in a set of four. Edition of 1000 copies.
• Let the Sun Beheaded Be. New York: Aperture, 2020. ISBN  978-1597114905. ^[20]

Publications with others

• The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas. New York: Aperture, 2014. ISBN  978-1-59711-247-5. Edited by Halpern and Jason Fulford.
• East of the Sun, West of the Moon. Études Books N°8. Paris: Études, 2014. By Ahndraya Parlato and Halpern. ISBN  978-2-36962-003-7. With a text by Nicholas Muellner. Edition of 300 copies. In English and French. ^[21]

Awards

• 2014: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation ^[3]
• 2016: Zzyzx won PhotoBook of the Year, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, Paris. ^[2]

References

External links

• Official website
• Gregory Halpern On Documentary Ethics – Preoccupations, Subjectivity and Untruths (2013)