Joseph Szabo (photographer)

Joseph Szabo (born 1944) is an American photographer whose work is about adolescence.[1][2]

For other people with similar names, see József Szabó (disambiguation).
Joseph Szabo
Born1944 (age 75–76)
Toledo, Ohio. U.S.
Alma materPratt Institute (MFA)
OccupationPhotographer
Known forAlmost Grown and Teenage, specifically "Priscilla"

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. ISBN 0-517-53327-8. Photographs by Szabo and poetry collected by Alan Ziegler. With a foreword by Cornell Capa.
  • Teenage. Greybull, 2003. ISBN 978-0972778879.
  • Rolling Stones Fans. PAMbook, 2007. ISBN 978-0980369601. Paperback.
    • Rolling Stones Fans. Damiani, 2015. ISBN 978-8862083997. Hardback.[8]
  • Jones Beach. Harry N. Abrams, 2010. ISBN 978-0810980167. With a foreword by Bruce Weber and an introduction by Vince Aletti.
  • Lifeguard. Damiani, 2018. ISBN 978-8862085427.

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. ISBN 978-88-86795-87-6.
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References
  1. Bicker, Phil. "Coming of Age in America: The Photography of Joseph Szabo". Time. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. Bicker, Phil. "Joseph Szabo: American Photography's Best Kept Secret". Time. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. "Joseph Szabo's best shot". The Guardian. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. White, Adam (26 March 2017). "Joseph Szabo: the teacher who photographed a bygone era of American youth". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-19 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  5. NEA 1984 Annual report Archived 2011-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), page 227.
  6. www.metmuseum.org http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/photographs/untitled_joseph_szabo/objectview.aspx?OID=190015769&collID=19&dd1=19. Retrieved 2020-05-18. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Joseph Szabo's incredible photo series captures 90,000 Rolling Stones fans high on life". HERO magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  8. Bengal, Rebecca. "Why Joseph Szabo's Rolling Stones Fans Matters to Fashion, and Beyond: The Photographer on How He Gets the Picture". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. "Joseph Szabo". Michael Hoppen Gallery. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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