ITEM #125
Chicago, 1964/2001
Kenneth Josephson
1964/2001, 5.5"x 5.5"
gelatin silver print
5/25 Neg # 64-2-3-11
Value: $1500
Current bid: $750
Kenneth Josephson earned a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1957 where he studied under Minor White. In 1953 the army sent him to Germany where he was trained in photolithography and made prints of aerial reconnaissance. He earned an MS from the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago in 1960. While there he was strongly influenced by Harry Callahan. Josephson was a professor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1960 to 1997, and a founding member of the Society for Photographic Education. He is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship in 1972 and two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in 1975 and 1979. His work is in the collections of many prestigious institutions including the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, and the Bibliotéque National, Paris.