Gregory Halpern Explained

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.

Life and work

Halpern grew up in Buffalo, New York.^[3] He holds a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts.^[4] 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.^{[5] [6]} He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.^[4]

Omaha Sketchbook (2009) is an artist's book portrait of the titular city.^{[7] [8]} 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.^{[9] [10]} 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.^[11] Zzyzx (2016), named after Zzyzx, California, contains photographs from Los Angeles.^{[12] [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.^[3]
• A. J&L, 2011.
• Zzyzx. London: Mack, 2016.^{[18] [19]}
• Confederate Moons. Oakland, CA: TBW, 2018. . 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. .^[20]

Publications with others

• The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas. New York: Aperture, 2014. . 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. . 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
• 2016: Zzyzx won PhotoBook of the Year, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, Paris.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-10-05. Gregory Halpern. Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
2. Web site: Announcing the Winners of the 2016 PhotoBook Awards. 13 November 2016 . . 11 November 2016 .
3. Web site: Ryan. White. 2021-10-04. 15 years of photographing the 'american heartland'. 19 September 2019. i-D.
4. Web site: 2021-10-05. Gregory Halpern. Rochester Institute of Technology.
5. Web site: 2021-10-05. Gregory Halpern. 29 July 2014. www.lightwork.org.
6. http://www.gregoryhalpern.com/documents/CV-9-24-12.pdf
7. Web site: 2021-10-04. Omaha Sketchbook by Gregory Halpern. Tank Magazine.
8. Web site: 2021-10-04. The big picture: crash and dash at the demolition derby. 1 September 2019. The Guardian.
9. News: ON WRITERS AND WRITING; Harvard's Working Poor. The New York Times. 28 September 2003. Jefferson. Margo.
10. Web site: Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / A Harvard education.
11. Web site: 2021-10-04. Gregory Halpern and Ahndraya Parlato's Gloriously Unmoored Photographs. www.vice.com. November 6, 2014 .
12. News: Southern California, End of the Line. 13 September 2016 . 11 October 2016 . David L. . Ulin . .
13. Web site: 2021-10-04. Gregory Halpern. 9 October 2016. 1000 Words.
14. Web site: 2020-08-28. Gregory Halpern: Let the Sun Beheaded Be. SFMOMA.
15. Web site: 2021-10-04. Gregory Halpern's "Let the Sun Beheaded Be". www.juxtapoz.com.
16. Web site: 2018-06-29. Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees – British Journal of Photography. British Journal of Photography.
17. Web site: 2018-06-29. Updates from the 2018 Magnum Photos Annual General Meeting. Magnum Photos. 26 June 2018.
18. Web site: 2021-10-04. Gregory Halpern's ZZYZX – California dreamin' in the 21st century. 15 October 2016. The Guardian.
19. Web site: 2021-10-04. The best photography books of 2016. 19 December 2016. The Guardian.
20. Web site: 2020-09-01. Magical beauty and deep pain in Gregory Halpern's homage to Guadeloupe. 27 August 2020. British Journal of Photography.
21. Web site: 2021-10-06. East of the Sun, West of the Moon. 20 October 2014. GUP Magazine.