Gregory Halpern (born 1977)[1] is an American photographer and teacher. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology and is a nominee member of Magnum Photos.
Halpern has published a number of books of his own work; Zzyzx won PhotoBook of the Year at the 2016 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.[2] He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014.[3]
Halpern grew up in Buffalo, New York.[4] He holds a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts.[5] He has taught at California College of the Arts, Cornell University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvard University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[6][7] He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.[5]
Omaha Sketchbook (2009) is an artist's book portrait of the titular city.[8][9] Harvard Works Because We Do (2003) is a book of photographs and text, presenting a portrait of Harvard University through the eyes of the school's service employees.[10][11] A (2011) is a photographic ramble through the streets of the American Rust Belt. East of the Sun, West of the Moon is a collaboration with the photographer Ahndraya Parlato.[12] Zzyzx (2016), named after Zzyzx, California, contains photographs from Los Angeles.[3][13] Let the Sun Beheaded Be (2020) was made over several months in the French archipelago of Guadeloupe.[14][15]
In 2018 Halpern became a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[16][17]