American photographer, magazine editor, professor
Matthew Leifheit (born 1988) is an American photographer, writer, magazine-editor, publisher, and professor. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.
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Early life and education
Leifheit was born in 1988 and raised in
Chicago ,
Illinois .
[3] As of 2022, only day (12) was publicly known of his exact birthdate.
[4] He attended the
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), graduating in 2011 with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography.
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[6] In 2015, Leifheit enrolled at
Yale University graduating in 2017, receiving a
Master of Fine Arts degree.
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Publishing
MATTE Magazine
In 2010, while at RISD, Leifheit founded MATTE Magazine, a magazine platform for new ideas in photography which he edits and publishes.
[8] MATTE Magazine often features a photographer's work, a portrait of the photographer by Leifheit, and an interview of the artist conducted by Leifheit.
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Vice magazine
After graduating RISD, Leifheit was hired as photo-editor by
Vice .
[11] While a photo-editor at Vice, Leifheit put a photograph by
Robert Mapplethorpe on the cover of the 2014 fashion issue.
[12] In 2016, he wrote an article featuring the work of
Neil Winokur , highlighting an "overlooked" photographer with work in many museum collections including
Museum of Modern Art and
the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
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MATTE Editions
In 2018, MATTE Editions published a monograph by Matthew Morocco titled Complicit.
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[16] In 2019, MATTE Editions published Slow Morpheus, a monograph by photographer Rachel Stern.
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In addition to editing and publishing, Leifheit has also written on art and photography for
Time and
Aperture .
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Photographic practice
Leifheit's photography focuses on the human figure and their lived environment; his work features a variety of locations from
Fire Island ,
Key West , the crowds surrounding New York City's
Freedom Tower ,
Providence , and others.
[7] In addition to his fine art photography work, Leifheit works as an assignment photographer for a variety of publications including The
New York Times and
The New Yorker , photographing subjects such as
Vince Aletti and
Mary Boone .
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Exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions
2012 - Matte Magazine -
Printed Matter, Inc , New York City, New York
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2017 -Your Georgio, M.A.W. - 56 Henry St, New York City, New York
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2018 - Fire Island Night - Deli Gallery, New York City, New York
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2019 - Nothing More American - Florence Griswold Museum, Connecticut
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Selected group exhibitions
2012 - :):):) - curated by Raphael Cohen and Bea Walling, RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
2014 -
AA Bronson and Michael Bühler-Rose Present ‘The Botanica,’ Invisible Exports, New York City, New York
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2015 - FOAM Talents Exhibition 2015 - Paris Photo, Brussels, London
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2017 - The Most Beautiful Part/La Parte Mas Bella, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
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2018 - The Secret Gay Box,
Tom of Finland Foundation , Los Angeles, California
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Awards and recognition
Camera Club of New York Curatorial Fellowship, 2013
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Yale Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies, 2016
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Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Fellowship, 2016
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Yale School of Art Richard Benson Prize, 2017
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References
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c Res (12 November 2018).
"Matthew Leifheit - Fire Island Night" . Paper Journal.
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"Let Us Now Praise David Lebe" . Aperture Foundation NY . 24 April 2019.
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"Virtual – Lecture: Matthew Leifheit: 'To Die Alive' " . The University of Arizona. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2022-08-28 .
^ Gonzalez, Lisa (2016-05-02).
"Interview: Matthew Leifheit" . Tag Tag Tag . Retrieved 2022-08-28 .
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"Cynthia Talmadge and Matthew Leifheit: Mirroring Energies" . Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam .
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"RISD XYZ Fall 2012" . Issuu . 5 May 2014. p. 87. Retrieved 2020-09-14 .
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c Benner, Maximilian (5 January 2019).
"Matthew Leifheit's 'Fire Island Night' Examines the Emotional History of Fire Island" . Fstoppers .
^ Leifheit, Matthew (2015-09-18).
"MATTE Magazine Presents: Photos That Don't Fit Anywhere" . Vice . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"The Study of Magazines & the Legacy of Photographic Representations | MoMA" . The Museum of Modern Art .
^ Wender, Jessie (2013-08-06).
"MATTE Magazine" . The New Yorker .
ISSN
0028-792X . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Pratt Institute" . www.pratt.edu . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^ Staff, Vice (2014-02-06).
"Introducing the 2014 Fashion Issue" . Vice . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Neil Winokur | MoMA" . The Museum of Modern Art . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^ Leifheit, Matthew (2014-03-26).
"Depicting New York City Through Ordinary Objects: Neil Winokur's New York" . Vice . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^ Honigman, Ana Finel (2018-10-30).
"Living Images: Matthew Morrocco on His Intimate Portraits of the 'Rich Emotional Lives of Older Men' " . ARTnews . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^ Morrocco, Matthew (2018).
Complicit . Matte Editions.
ISBN
9781732479548 .
OCLC
1080314247 .
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"Slow Morpheus by Rachel Stern" . Citizen Editions . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Rachel Stern & Matthew Leifheit" . AINT—BAD . 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Yale University Bulletin | School of Art 2017–2018 | Faculty Profiles" . bulletin.printer.yale.edu . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^ Syme, Rachel; Leifheit, Matthew (15 April 2019).
"Vince Aletti's Obsessive Collection of Seminal Fashion Magazines" . The New Yorker .
^ Bernstein, Jacob (29 March 2019).
"Mary Boone Is Not Done" . The New York Times .
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"Matte Magazine" . Printed Matter . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Art in the Archive: "Your Giorgio" " . MONROWE Magazine . 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Nothing More American" . Florence Griswold Museum . Retrieved 2019-10-16 .
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"The Botanica at Carroll & Sons (Boston) and Invisible Exports (New York)" . Steven Pestana . 29 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"PREVIEW Foam Magazine #42, Talent Issue 2015" . Issuu . 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"La Parte Más Bella / The Most Beautiful Part - MAM Mexico City | My Art Guides" . myartguides.com . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
^ Tarley, Phil (2018-10-18).
"John Wolf's Secret Gay Box at The Tom of Finland Foundation" . Fabrik Magazine . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Baxter St at CCNY » Matthew Leifheit" . www.baxterst.org . Retrieved 2019-06-23 .
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"Photographer of the Week #199: Matthew Leifheit" . Capricious . 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2019-06-23 .