Colin Westerbeck
Colin Leslie Westerbeck Jr.[1] is a curator, writer, and teacher of the history of photography.
Before moving to Los Angeles, where he has taught at UCLA and USC, he was curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a regular contributor to publications such as the Los Angeles Times and West Magazine.[2][3][4] Before he began writing on photography, he was a film critic for Commonweal.[5]
Awards
[edit]- Reva and David Logan Prize for New Writing on Photography.[6]
- Art Critic's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.[7]
- Received a grant, along with Joel Meyerowitz, from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research on the history of street photography.[citation needed]
- 2000: J. Dudley Johnston Award from the Royal Photographic Society for the writing of photographic criticism and history.[8]
Publications
[edit]- Westerbeck, Colin (1992). What's New, Prague. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago. pp. 33 pages. ISBN 0-86559-114-8.
- Art Institute of Chicago; Ishimoto, Yasuhiro; Isozaki, Arata; Westerbeck, Colin; Fuminori Yokoe (1999). Yasuhiro Ishimoto: A Tale of Two Cities. Chicago, Ill: Art Institute of Chicago. ISBN 0-86559-170-9.
- Rossen, Susan F.; Colin L. Westerbeck (Author), Art Institute Of Chicago (Author) (1999). African Americans in art: selections from the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Ill: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with University of Washington Press. pp. 136 pages. ISBN 0-295-97833-3.
{{cite book}}:|author2=has generic name (help) - Renaissance jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection. Chicago, Ill: Art Institute of Chicago. 2000. pp. 136 pages. ISBN 0-86559-153-9.
- Westerbeck, Colin; Meyerowitz, Joel (2001). Bystander: a history of street photography: with a new afterword on street photography since the 1970s. Boston: Bulfinch Press. pp. 440 pages. ISBN 0-8212-2726-2.[9]
- Westerbeck, Colin; Bey, Dawoud; James Vanderzee (2004). Van Der Zee, James (ed.). The James Van Der Zee studio. Chicago, Ill: Art Institute of Chicago. pp. 36 pages. ISBN 0-86559-210-1.
- Westerbeck, Colin; Schaffner, Ingrid (2005). Accommodations of Desire. Los Angeles: Curatorial Assistance, Inc. pp. 128 pages. ISBN 0-9707913-2-1.
- Westerbeck, Colin (2005). Joel Meyerowitz. London: Phaidon Press. pp. 128 pages. ISBN 978-0-7148-4509-8.
- Wagner, Bruce; Breisch, Kenneth A.; Keller, Judith; Westerbeck, Colin (2006). Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust: J. Paul Getty Museum. pp. 192 pages. ISBN 0-89236-854-3.
- Westerbeck, Colin (2007). Irving Penn: A Career in Photography. Chicago, Ill: Art Institute of Chicago. pp. 192 pages. ISBN 978-0-300-12236-7.
References
[edit]- ^ "Colin Westerbeck Jr. To Wed Penelope Butts". The New York Times. 1965-02-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ Los Angeles Times (2006-01-12). "Los Angeles Times to Launch 'West' Magazine Feb. 5". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
- ^ Hachette Book Group (2007). "Colin Westerbeck biography". Hachette Book Group USA USA. Archived from the original on February 14, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
- ^ Westerbeck, Colin (1997). "Chicago Art Institute pays $185,000 for Douglass portrait.(portrait of Frederick Douglass)". Ebony magazine. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
- ^ Ely, Paula (2019-07-24). "Colin Westerbeck". PHOTOCULTURE. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ Y, D. "New Writing On Photography". The Reva & David Logan Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ THORNTON, GENE (27 June 1981). "PHOTOGRAPHY VIEW THE MASTERLY STYLE OF MEYEROWITZ". New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "J Dudley Johnston Award". Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ William Meyers (2007). "Arts & Letters - Winogrand's Scenes From the Street:Photography". The New York Sun. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
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