Philip Gefter is an American author and photography historian.[1] His books include Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?;[2]What Becomes A Legend Most, the biography of Richard Avedon;[3] and Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe,[4] the biography of Sam Wagstaff, for which he received the 2014 Marfield Prize, the national award for arts writing. He is also the author of George Dureau: The Photographs, and Photography After Frank, a book of essays published by Aperture in 2009. He was on staff at The New York Times for over fifteen years, where he wrote regularly about photography. He produced the 2011 documentary film, Bill Cunningham New York.
^Kenneth Baker, Chronicle Art Critic (2009-06-02). "Looking in on photographer Robert Frank". Sfgate.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
^"Cocktails with George and Martha".
^"What Becomes a Legend Most".
^"Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe by Philip Gefter, book review". The Independent. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
PhilipGefter is an American author and photography historian. His books include Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of...
Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe, a biography of Wagstaff, by PhilipGefter, was published by Norton/Liveright, and won the 2014 Marfield Prize...
American documentary film directed by Richard Press and produced by PhilipGefter. Bill Cunningham New York is distributed by Zeitgeist Films and was...
Fundación MAPFRE, Área De Cultura, 2017. ISBN 9781597114141. With essays by PhilipGefter, Joel Smith, and Steve Turtell and contributions by Martha Scott Burton...
camera snap— and thus all the more worth preserving." In 2007, critic PhilipGefter wrote, "He was a fly on the wall. But then he began to direct the activities...
Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2003. Retrieved February 7, 2010. PhilipGefter (22 March 2017). "The Exhibit That Transformed Photography". The New...
kind of jagged world that seems like Eggleston World." According to PhilipGefter from Art & Auction, "It is worth noting that Stephen Shore and William...
Times. Retrieved 2017-12-14. Richard Avedon Gagosian Gallery, New York. PhilipGefter (August 27, 2006), In Portraits by Others, a Look That Caught Avedon’s...
Art, New York. Bernd and Hilla Becher Museum of Modern Art, New York. PhilipGefter (26 June 2007), Bernd Becher, 75, Photographer of German Industrial...
Edward Parks, Frank Mele, and Debra Koffler Bill Cunningham New York – PhilipGefter Project Nim – Simon Chinn Senna – James Gay-Rees The Union – Cameron...
America won't look back". The Guardian. Retrieved December 27, 2014. Gefter, Philip (September 10, 2019). "Robert Frank Dies; Pivotal Documentary Photographer...
Again". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 27, 2016. PhilipGefter (December 3, 2006). 'What’s New in Photography: Anything but Photos'...
American Photo. PhilipGefter (December 3, 2006). 'What’s New in Photography: Anything but Photos'. The New York Times. PhilipGefter, A Thousand Words...
McKenna (June 1, 1997), Chronicle of a Death Foretold Los Angeles Times. PhilipGefter (December 18, 2003), Self-Portrait as Obscure Object of Desire; Jack...
Schorr (American) Kalup Linzy (American) 2014 Anouk Kruithof (Dutch) PhilipGefter and Mike Mandel (American) Michael Wolf (German) Charlotte Cotton (British)...
Als: "Looking at Pictures." Grand Street. No. 59, p. 102.year missing PhilipGefter: "The Photographer's Curator Curates His Own." The New York Times, (January...
Collector and His Polaroid Passions, The New York Times, October 19, 2007 PhilipGefter, The Man Who Made Mapplethorpe, The New York Times, April 24, 2007 Jay...
Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9839917-2-4. With essays by PhilipGefter, Sandra S. Phillips, and Ulrike Schneider. Edition of 1000 copies. Exhibition...
Gavin Brown Closure, Rob Pruitt Joins New York’s 303 Gallery ARTnews. PhilipGefter (December 1, 2006), In New York, photo galleries broaden their focus...
Riedel Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway Simon & Schuster 2015 2015 PhilipGefter Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe Liveright 2014 2014 Sherill...
(2014). Larry Sultan: Here and Home. Sandra Phillips (contributor), PhilipGefter (contributor). New York City, New York: Prestel USA. ISBN 978-3791353883...
and Richard Avedon (from In The American West), an introduction by PhilipGefter, and texts by Sandra S. Phillips, and Ulrike Schneider. 1992: Elevations...
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