Leon Borensztein: Difference between revisions

Borensztein has received a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref andname="guggenheim-fellowship">{{cite hisweb|url work= hashttp://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/leon-a-borensztein/ been| exhibitedaccessdate widely= 26 February 2017 | publisher = [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]] | title = Leon A. Borensztein}}</ref> and his work is included in various public and private collections. He has had photobooksHis published: books ''Metamorphosis,'' a collaboration(1977, with John MacGregor), ''One is Adam, One is Superman'' (2004) and ''American Portraits.'' Those(2011) books are visual documentation ofdocument salient moments in the lives of his subjects., His bookand ''Sharon'' is(2016) a testimony of a father documentingdocuments every stage of the challenged life of his severely disabled daughter.<ref>{{cite news | first = Katie | last = Booth | url = http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/06/08/father-captures-the-fear-joy-and-challenge-of-raising-a-severely-disabled-daughter/ | title = Father captures the fear, joy, and challenge of raising a severely disabled daughter | date = 8 June 2015 | accessdate = 26 February 2017 | publisher = [[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Priscilla | last = Frank | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/17/leon-borensztein-sharon_n_7598882.html | title = Single Father Photographs The Complexities Of Raising A Daughter With Disabilities | date = 17 June 2015 | accessdate = 26 February 2017 | publisher = [[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref>

Borensztein was born in Poland.<ref name="slate-coppelman">{{cite web|url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/12/04/leon_borensztein_awkward_family_portraits_photos.html | date = 4 December 2012 | first = Alyssa | last = Coppelman | accessdate = 26 February 2017 | publisher = [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | title = The Thinking Man’s Awkward Photos}}</ref> He received a BA in creative art and geography from the University of Haifa, Israel in 1974,. He left Israel for the US in 1977<ref name="slate-coppelman" /> and received an MFA in photography from [[San Francisco Art Institute]] in 1980.<ref>"[https://www.leonborensztein.com/biography Biography]". Leon Borensztein. Accessed 26 February 2017</ref>

Borensztein has worked for ''[[The New York Times Magazine]],'' ''[[Newsweek]],'' ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]],'' ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]],'' and others. His work has also appeared in ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' and ''[[Harper's Bazaar]].''{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

Since 1975, Borensztein has held various teaching positions in 1975-7 at the art department, [[University of Haifa]]; in 1986 at University of California, Berkeley; in 1991 at [[Friends of Photography]], (Annual Member Workshop); in 2004 at [[California College of Arts and Crafts]], Oakland; in 1979, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004-Present at San Francisco Art Institute.

* ''One is Adam One is Superman: Outsider artists of [[Creative Growth Art Center|Creative Growth]].'' San Francisco: [[Chronicle Books|Chronicle]], 2004. {{ISBN|9780811845311}}. With an introduction by Tom di Maria and an essay by John M. MacGregor.

* ''American Portraits 1979-19891979–1989.'' Portland, OR: [[Nazraeli Press|Nazraeli]], 2011. Edited by [[Todd Hido]]. {{ISBN |978-1-59005-305-8}}. With an essay by [[Sandra S. Phillips]].

* ''Portraits ii.'' Portland, OR: Nazareli, 2012. {{ISBN |978-1-59005-359-1 }}.

* ''Sharon.'' Heidelberg, Germany: [[Kehrer]] Verlag|Kehrer]], 2016. {{ISBN |978-3-86828-661-8}}.

* ''Metamorphosis. The Fiber Art of Judith Scott.'' Collaboration with John M. MacGregor. Oakland: [[Creative Growth Art Center]], 1977. {{ISBN |0-9673160-0-6}}.

==AwardsAward==

<!-- * 1972/73: [[America-Israel Cultural Foundation]], Sharett Fund grant in the field of photography.

* 2003: The Small Change Foundation, San Francisco, CaliforniaCA, for ''One is Adam One is Superman.''

* 2003: [[List of state humanities councils|California Council for the Humanities]], for the project ''Abled Artists: In Their Own Words.'' -->

* [[Art Institute of Chicago]], Chicago, IL<ref>"[http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Borensztein,+Leon Borensztein, Leon]". [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. Accessed 26 February 2017</ref>

* [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]], Paris, France{{cncitation needed|date=February 2017}}

* [[Center for Creative Photography]], Tucson, ARAZ<ref>"[http://www.creativephotography.org/artists/leon-borensztein Leon A. Borensztein]". [[Center for Creative Photography]]. Accessed 26 February 2017</ref>

* Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris{{cncitation needed|date=February 2017}}

* [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]], San Francisco, CA<ref>"[https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2005.449 Leon Borensztein, Refugees from Asia, San Francisco, California, from the series American Portrait, 1984 ]". [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]]. Accessed 26 February 2017</ref>

* [[Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art]], University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. <nowikiref>"[<http:/nowiki>/jsmacollection.uoregon.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=Leon+Borensztein&record=0Fantaci World Pageant Prince, Beauty Winner and Master Photogenic, Beaumont, TX: Borensztein, Leon A.]". [[Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art]]?<nowiki>]. Accessed 26 February 2017</nowikiref>

* [[Museum of Photographic Arts]], San Diego, CA{{cncitation needed|date=February 2017}}

* [[Tokyo Photographic Art Museum]], Tokyo, Japan<ref>When [http://digitalmuseum.rekibun.or.jp/syabi/app/collection/search its search form] was queried on 26 February 2017, the museum had 61 works by {{nihongo2|ボーレンスタイン, レオン}} (i.e. "BōrensutainBorensztein, ReonLeon" in Japanese script).</ref>

*{{Official website|https://www.leonborensztein.com}}