Joseph Szabo (photographer) explained

Joseph Szabo
Birth Place:	Toledo, Ohio. U.S.
Alma Mater:	Pratt Institute (MFA)
Occupation:	Photographer
Known For:	Almost Grown and Teenage, specifically "Priscilla"

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.

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. . Photographs by Szabo and poetry collected by Alan Ziegler. With a foreword by Cornell Capa.
• Teenage. Greybull, 2003. .
• Rolling Stones Fans. PAMbook, 2007. . Paperback.
  • Rolling Stones Fans. Damiani, 2015. . Hardback.^[8]
• Jones Beach. Harry N. Abrams, 2010. . With a foreword by Bruce Weber and an introduction by Vince Aletti.
• Lifeguard. Damiani, 2018. .

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. .

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

Notes and References

1. Phil. Bicker. 2020-05-19. Coming of Age in America: The Photography of Joseph Szabo. Time.
2. Phil. Bicker. 2020-05-19. Joseph Szabo: American Photography's Best Kept Secret. Time.
3. Web site: 2020-05-19. Joseph Szabo's best shot. 13 August 2008. The Guardian.
4. News: Adam. White. 2020-05-19. Joseph Szabo: the teacher who photographed a bygone era of American youth. The Telegraph. 26 March 2017. 0307-1235. www.telegraph.co.uk.
5. http://www.nea.gov/about/AnnualReports/NEA-Annual-Report-1984.pdf NEA 1984 Annual report
6. Web site: 2020-05-18. Joseph Szabo | Untitled . www.metmuseum.org .
7. Web site: 2020-05-19. Joseph Szabo's incredible photo series captures 90,000 Rolling Stones fans high on life. HERO magazine.
8. Web site: Rebecca. Bengal. 2020-05-19. Why Joseph Szabo's Rolling Stones Fans Matters to Fashion, and Beyond: The Photographer on How He Gets the Picture. Vogue. 22 May 2015 .
9. Web site: 2020-05-19. Joseph Szabo. Michael Hoppen Gallery.