Tod Papageorge (The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2014)

Tod Papageorge (born in

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, 1940) is an American

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whose career began in the New York City

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movement of the 1960s. He is the recipient of two

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and two NEA Visual Artists Fellowships. His work is in public collections including the

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and the

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. Between 1979 and 2013 he directed the graduate program in photography at the

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Life and work

Papageorge started taking photographs in 1962 as an English literature major at the

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. Between 1979 and 2013 he directed the graduate program in photography at the

, where his students included

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, Lois Conner,

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, Susan Lipper,

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, An-My Le,

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, and

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. In 2007,

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published ''Passing through Eden'', a collection of photographs Papageorge took over 25 years in

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. Also in 2007,

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published ''American Sports, 1970: Or How We Spent the War in Vietnam'', containing photographs taken during his 1970

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Books

*''Passing through Eden.'' Göttingen:

, 2007. . *''American Sports, 1970: Or How We Spent the War in Vietnam.'' New York:

, 2007. . *''Opera Città.'' Rome: Punctum, 2010. . *''Core Curriculum: Writings on Photography.'' New York: Aperture, 2011. . *''Studio 54.'' **London: Stanley Barker, 2014. . First edition. **London: Stanley Barker, 2014. . Second edition. *''Dr Blankman's New York.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2017. *''On the Acropolis''. London: Stanley Barker, 2019. .

Exhibitions

*2013: ''Studio 54,''

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, Paris, 25 January–12 April 2014.Tod Papageorge, Studio 54
,

. Accessed 7 December 2014.

References

External links

Tod Papageorge's essay "Walker Evans and Robert Frank: An Essay on Influence"''New York'' magazine article about Papageorge from 2007
{{DEFAULTSORT:Papageorge, Tod 1940 births Living people People from Portsmouth, New Hampshire American photographers University of New Hampshire alumni Yale School of Art faculty Street photographers