Melanie Einzig
Melanie Einzig (born 1967)
Life and work
Einzig was born in Los Angeles, California[3] and grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2][3] Attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1980s and then moved to New York City in 1990 to become an artist[2][3] and studied photography at New York University/International Center of Photography, focusing on computer-generated imagery and filmmaking.[3] She worked for Associated Press in New York City from 1998 to 2002 then as a self-employed event photographer.[3][4] She was a member of the first incarnation of the In-Public street photography collective, from 2002.[5]
In the book
Publications with contributions by Einzig
- ISBN 978-1-78627-066-5.
- Cartier-Bresson: A Question of Colour. By William Ewing. London: Positive View Foundation, 2012. OCLC 913427536.
- 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: ISBN 978-0-9563322-1-9. Includes an essay by Jonathan Glancey, "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Turpin; and chapters by Einzig and others.
- Stephen McLaren.[10]
- New York in Color. New York City: ISBN 978-1419700613.
- Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs. By Henry Carrol. London: Laurence King, 2014. ISBN 978-1780673356.
- Seeing Things: A Kid's Guide to Looking at Photographs. By ISBN 978-1-59711-315-1.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- New York City Street Photos[11]Stadthaus ULM, Ulm, Germany, 2021/22
Group exhibitions
- The Sidewalk Never Ends: Street Photography Since the 1970's, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2001/2002[12][13]
- Common Ground: Photographers on the Street, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Brighton, Massachusetts, 2003; Tufts University Art Gallery, Tufts University, Medford / Somerville, Massachusetts, 2003[14]
- in-public @ 10, Photofusion, Brixton, London, 2010;[15] Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, July 2011.[16][17] Photographs by In-Public members.
- Street Photography Now, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, 2010;[18] Contributed Studio for the Arts, Berlin, 2010/2011;[19] Museum of Printing, Historical Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, 2011/2012.[20][21] Photographs from the book Street Photography Now (2010).
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Format International Photography Festival (Right Here, Right Now – Exposures From The Public Realm), Derby, UK, 2011. Photographs by In-Public members and the film In-Sight (2011).[22][23][24]
- Cartier-Bresson: A Question of Colour, Somerset House, London, 2012/2013. Curated by William Ewing.[25]
- iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 2013. In conjunction with the British Council.[26][27][28] Photographs by In-Public members.
- In Public, Snickarbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, 2013.[29][30] Photographs by In-Public members.
- The Sharp Eye. In-Public in Mexico, Foto Mexico, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, Mexico, 2015. Slideshow of photographs by In-Public members. Curated by Mark Powell, Carlos Álvarez Montero and Alfredo Esparza.[31]
- ? The Image as Question, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, 2016[32]
- Street. Life. Photography: Seven Decades of Street Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, 2018, during Triennial of Photography;[33] KunstHausWien, Vienna, Austria, 2019/2020[34][35]
Collections
Einzig's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL: 6 prints (as of July 2020)[1]
- Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY[36]
Awards
- 1997: Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship[3]
Films
- In-Sight (2011) – 38 min documentary directed and edited by Nick Turpin, commissioned by Format for Format International Photography Festival, Derby, 2011. Includes an interview with Einzig, among others.
References
- ^ a b "Melanie Einzig". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ a b c "Melanie Einzig". streetlondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ a b c d e f "Melanie Einzig: New York City Street Photos". Stadthaus Ulm. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ "Melanie Einzig joins LSPF". London Street Photography Festival. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ISBN 978-0-9563322-1-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-500-54393-1.
- ^ Eyres, Harry (18 January 2013). "The humble heroes of Cartier-Bresson". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ Luxton, Emily (28 November 2012). "A Question of Colour at Somerset House". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "New York City Street Photo". Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ "The Sidewalk Never Ends: Street Photography Since the 1970's - Art Institute of Chicago - Absolutearts.com". www.absolutearts.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "Photography: The Sidewalk Never Ends". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "McMullen Museum of Art". www.bc.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "In-Public@10". Photofusion. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "74 - Seyssel • Balades photographiques de Seyssel". fr:Compétence photo. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Les balades photographiques de Seyssel, du 12 au 23 juillet". fr:La Tribune républicaine de Bellegarde. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Street photography now at the Third Floor Gallery". In-Public. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Contributed Studio for the Arts". In-Public. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "'Street photography now' – exhibition". City of Warsaw. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Street Photography Here And Now". Culture.pl. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "In-Public at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery". Format International Photography Festival. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Format Programme Announcement". Format International Photography Festival. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Battersby, Matilda (3 March 2011). "Format Festival: Street photography steals the show". The Independent. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Magazine, Wallpaper (14 November 2012). "'Cartier-Bresson: A Question of Colour' at Somerset House, London". Wallpaper. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". British Council. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Thailand Creative and Design Centre. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "In-Public: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Olympus sponsrar: CUP – Contemporary Urban Photography presents "In-Public – In Stockholm" - A Street Photography exhibition". Olympus Corporation. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "In Public". Snickarbacken 7. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "The Sharp Eye. iN-PUBLIC in Mexico: Group Show". Centro de la Imagen. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ O'Hagan, Sean (28 September 2016). "Seeing is believing: documentary photography from Francis Bacon to 9/11". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "Seven Decades of Street Photography at Deichtorhallen". www.widewalls.ch. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ "Street. Life. Photography. Seven Decades of Street Photography". MutualArt.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "Street. Life. Photography – Kunst Haus Wien. Museum Hundertwasser". KunstHausWien. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ "Caring for Brooklyn's Digital History - Brooklyn Historical SocietyBrooklyn Historical Society". Brooklyn Historical Society. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-30.