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1924-2011
American (United States, New York)
Jerome Liebling was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He enlisted in World War II in the 82nd Airborne Division. Following his return to America, he went to school at Brooklyn College under the G.I. Bill, studying design with the painter Ad Reinhardt and photography with Walter Rosenblum. He joined the Photo League, a group of photographers interested in raising up the art of photography by focusing on social issues, politics and aesthetics. His work often portrayed the streets of New York City. He taught at the University of Minnesota and then Hampshire College effecting many student photographers and videographers including documentarian Ken Burns. Liebling wanted to show everyday people, doing their everyday work but “I wanted to figure out where the pain was, to show things that people wouldn’t see unless I was showing them (Jerome Liebling, Photographer, filmmaker, teacher, 2018).” Jerome Liebling: Photographer, filmmaker, teacher. (2018) Retrieved from https://www.jeromeliebling.com/biography/
Tucker, A., Cass, C., & Gaiter, S. (2001). This was the photo league: Compassion and the camera from the depression to the cold war. Stephen Gaiter Gallery, Chicago.