Colin Westerbeck
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Colin Westerbeck is a curator, writer
, and teacher
of the history of photography.
Before moving to Los Angeles, where he has taught at UCLA and USC
, he was curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago
. He is a regular contributor to publications such as the Los Angeles Times
and West Magazine.
. He has also received a grant, along with Joel Meyerowitz
, from the National Endowment for the Humanities
for research on the history of street photography. In 2000, Westerbeck won the J. Dudley Johnston Award for the writing of photographic criticism and history, from the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain.
Writer
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, and teacher
Teacher
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of the history of photography.
Before moving to Los Angeles, where he has taught at UCLA and USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, he was curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
. He is a regular contributor to publications such as the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
and West Magazine.
Awards
Westerbeck has received the Reva and David Logan Prize for New Writing on Photography, and an Art Critic's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
. He has also received a grant, along with Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz is a street photographer who began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art...
, from the National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
for research on the history of street photography. In 2000, Westerbeck won the J. Dudley Johnston Award for the writing of photographic criticism and history, from the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain.