Jerome Liebling
Jerome Liebling | |
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Born | New York, New York | April 16, 1924
Died | July 27, 2011 Northampton, Massachusetts | (aged 87)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brooklyn College |
Known for | Photography |
Website | jeromeliebling |
Jerome Liebling (April 16, 1924 Manhattan, New York – July 27, 2011 Northampton, Massachusetts) was an American photographer, filmmaker, and teacher. The documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, who studied with him at Hampshire College, called Liebling his mentor, and used one of Liebling's photographs on the cover of his 2022 book Our America: A Photographic History.[1][2]
Liebling servedin the armed forces in Europe and North Africa during
While a professor of film and photography at the University of Minnesota, Liebling began a longtime collaborative relationship with filmmaker Allen Downs;[3] together they produced several award-winning documentaries, including Pow Wow, The Tree Is Dead, and The Old Men.[4]
Liebling received numerous awards and grants, including two
Liebling was a professor emeritus of Hampshire College. He was the younger brother of David Liebling and Stan Liebling, and he is the father of five children, including Minnesota politician Tina Liebling and film director/producer Rachel Liebling.[3]
In 2015 the Steven Kasher Gallery held a retrospective of Liebling consisting of 50 photographs taken over 50 years in New York City.[13]
References
- ^ "395: Ken Burns | Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen". April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Ken Burns on 'Our America'". November 9, 2022.
- ^ a b c Kennedy, Randy (July 29, 2011). "Jerome Liebling, Socially Minded Photographer, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ a b Stoll, Diana C. "Jerome Liebling, 1924-2011 | Aperture | Spring 2012". Aperture. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ a b Jerome Liebling bio at The Jewish Museum Archived April 15, 2013, at archive.today
- ^ Liebling, Jerome. "Coney Island". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Jerome Liebling". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ Liebling, Jerome (1966). "Málaga, Spain". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Jerome Liebling". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Jerome Liebling". The Jewish Museum. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Liebling, Jerome". SFMOMA. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Jerome Liebling". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "See the Real Humans of New York". Time. May 6, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
External links
- Photographs by Jerome Liebling
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- 1997 Interview with Jerome Liebling
- 2011 Interview with Jerome Liebling
- Jerome Liebling at IMDb
- Political Landscape: Jerome Liebling's Minnesota Capitol Photographs, 1956 – 1969
- Obituary, Daily Hampshire Gazette
- Obituary, Star Tribune
- Obituary, NY Times: Lens Blog
- Person, Place, Thing interview