Marvin E. Newman (born December 5, 1927) is an American

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and

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

Early life and education

At age 16, Newman entered

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus. Being New York City's first publ ...

where he studied sculpture and photography with

Walter Rosenblum Walter A. Rosenblum (1919–2006) was an American photographer. He photographed the World War II D-Day landing at Normandy in 1944. He was the first Allied photographer to enter the liberated Dachau concentration camp. He received several militar ...

. In 1948, Newman briefly joined the

Photo League The Photo League was a cooperative of photographers in New York who banded together around a range of common social and creative causes. Founded in 1936, the League included some of the most noted American photographers of the mid-20th century amon ...

where he took classes with John Ebstel. In 1949, he moved to Chicago to study at the Institute of Design with Harry Callahan and

Aaron Siskind Aaron Siskind (December 4, 1903 – February 8, 1991) was an American photographer whose work focuses on the details of things, presented as flat surfaces to create a new image independent of the original subject. He was closely involved with, if ...

. After obtaining an MS degree in photography in 1952, Newman moved back to New York City.

Career

Newman has contributed to various publications including

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, ''

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'', ''Look (American magazine), Look'', Newsweek and ''Smithsonian (magazine), Smithsonian''. Newman has authored or coauthored eight (8) books on the subject of photography. Newman received a Gold Medal for Editorial Photography from the New York Art Directors Club and the Lucie Award for his sports photography in 2009. He was at one time the national president of the American Society of Media Photographers, American Society of Magazine Photographers. Newman currently lives and works in New York City.

Chronology

*2010 "Beyond COLOR." Participant, group show. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY. *2010 "Discoveries." Participant, group show. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY. *2010 "Passing the Torch:: The Chicago Students of Callahan and Siskin." Participant, vintage photography show. Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL. *2009 Lucie Award for Achievement in Sports Photography. "Marvin E. Newman and Yasuhiro Ishimoto" Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL. *2008 "Marvin E. Newman: The Color Series." Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY. *2006 "Marvin E. Newman: The First Decade." Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY. *2000 One man show, "Marvin E. Newman, Seven Photo Essays" Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York. *2000 "American Photographs 1900/2000" Assouline Publishers; two published photographs *1999 "Newman and Ishimoto, Reunion in Chicago: Photographs from 1949-1952". Two man show at Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. *1998 "New acquisitions Exhibition". Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. *1997 One man show, "Shadows 1951". B/W photography. Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York. *1996 "Chicago Photography 1935-1965". Major contributor. James Danziger Gallery, New York. *1995 "Institute of Design". Contributor, photography show. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois. *1995 "New York Stories". Major contributor, photography show. James Danziger Gallery, New York. *1994 "Hallmark Collection". Book and Exhibition.The Art Institute of Chicago. I C P Midtown, New York. *1992 "Paris, France". One year residence, color photography for The Image Bank, subsidiary of Eastman Kodak *1989 "Life through the Sixties". Participant, photo exhibit. International Center of Photography, New York. *1988 "The Image Bank". Worldwide Picture agency. Contract photographer. *1987 "Christie's Inc.", Fine Art Auctioneers. National advertising photography. *1986 "Statue of Liberty,100 Years". Time Magazine, photographic color supplement. *1985 "42nd Street at Night". Popular Photography, June issue. Photographic color portfolio. *1984 "New York at Night". Stewart Tabori and Chang publishers. Full color portfolio of Times Square in the 1950s. *1983 "American Society of Magazine Photographers", President. Led cultural delegation to China as a guest of the Chinese government. *1982 "Manhattan". Participant, color photographic show. The Museum of the City of New York. *1982 "J.P. Morgan Bank". 1982-1987. National advertising photography. *1981 "Breaking Ground, Open Spaces Temporary and Accidental". Photographs by Marvin E. Newman, text by Brendan Gill. One man show. Municipal Art Society of New York.

Permanent collections

* International Center of Photography, New York * Art Institute of Chicago * The Columbus Museum, Ohio * The National Gallery, Washington, DC * Eastman House Museum, Rochester * The Hallmark Collection, Kansas City * The Houston Museum, Texas * Jewish Museum (New York), The Jewish Museum, New York * The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York * The Museum of Modern Art, New York * The Whitney Museum, New York

References

External links

Lucie Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Marvin E 1927 births American photographers Possibly living people Photographers from the Bronx Artists from the Bronx Brooklyn College alumni