Michael Carlebach
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Michael L. Carlebach is an American photographer and historian known for his books on the subject of early American photojournalism; American Photojournalism Comes of Age and The Origins of Photojournalism in America,[1] as well as his photographs of south Florida and the US. He was staff photographer for The Miami Herald for a brief time and taught at the University of Miami from 1978 to 2005.
Carlebach received his B.A. from Colgate University in French and Political Science in 1967.[2] In 1980, he received his M.A. in American Studies from Florida State University, following that with a second M.A. in 1984 and a PhD in 1988 in American Civilization from Brown University.[3]
Career
Carlebach lived and photographed in South Florida for over three and a half decades, during which time he worked as a photojournalist for the Miami Herald and a staff photographer for The Village Post in Coconut Grove, Florida.[4] and as an unpaid photographer for Miami Children's Hospital’s Ventilation Assisted Children's Center sleepaway camp.[5] When on the faculty at the University of Miami, he directed the American Studies program and chaired the Department of Art and Art History. For his contributions, he won the Wilson Hicks Conference Award, the Freshman Teaching Award, an Excellence in Teaching Award, and a Provost's Award for Scholarly Activity.[6]
In 2011, Carlebach donated images from his personal archives to the University of Miami Libraries’ Special Collections.[7] The Michael L. Carlebach Photography Collection includes photographs from the George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign and Haitian immigrants held at the Krome Avenue Detention Center in south Florida, among many others, and "consists of over 5,000 silver prints, color slides, and publications."[8]
Personal life
He lives with his wife, Margot Ammidown, in Asheville, North Carolina.
