Joseph Szabo
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Joseph Szabo is an American photographer.
at the Pratt Institute
where he received his MFA. He taught photography
at Malverne High School in Long Island
, New York
from 1972 to 1999 and he continues to teach at the International Centre of Photography. Joseph Szabo is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship and his work resides in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
, Yale University, The International Centre of Photography and the Bibliothèque National in Paris, amongst others. He is most notable for his photographs of American youth taken during the 1970s and collected in the books Almost Grown and Teenage.
His photograph "Priscilla" adorns the cover of alternative rock
band Dinosaur Jr
's 1991 album Green Mind
.
He currently lives in Amityville, New York
with his wife Nancy and Siberian Husky, Gala.
Life and career
Szabo studied photographyPhotography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
at the Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
where he received his MFA. He taught photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
at Malverne High School in Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
from 1972 to 1999 and he continues to teach at the International Centre of Photography. Joseph Szabo is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts
National 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...
Fellowship and his work resides in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, Yale University, The International Centre of Photography and the Bibliothèque National in Paris, amongst others. He is most notable for his photographs of American youth taken during the 1970s and collected in the books Almost Grown and Teenage.
His photograph "Priscilla" adorns the cover of alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Dinosaur Jr
Dinosaur Jr
Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur, prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005...
's 1991 album Green Mind
Green Mind
-Personnel:*J Mascis - Vocals, Guitar, Producer*Murph - Drums *Joe Harvard - Guitar, Tape*Jay Spiegel - Drums, Tambourine, Tom-Tom*Don Fleming - Bass, Guitar, Vocals *Sean Slade - Engineer, Mellotron*Tom Walters - Assistant Engineer...
.
He currently lives in Amityville, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
with his wife Nancy and Siberian Husky, Gala.
Books by Szabo
- Almost Grown. 1978. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-53327-8. (photographs by Joseph Szabo & poetry collected by Alan Ziegler).
- Teenage. 2003. Greybull Press.
- Rolling Stones Fans. 32pp. 2007. PAMbook.
- Jones Beach. 2010. Harry N. Abrams Inc.