Joseph Szabo (photographer)
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Joseph Szabo | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 80–81) Toledo, Ohio. U.S. |
| Alma mater | Pratt Institute (MFA) |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Known for | Almost Grown and Teenage, specifically "Priscilla" |
Joseph Szabo (born 1944) is an American photographer whose work is about adolescence.[1][2]
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.[citation needed]
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]
