January 18, 1931 Brooklyn, NY.
Photography with Alexi Brodovitch, 1956.
Photography with Herbert Matter, 1954.
Graduated Yale University, B.F.A., Color with Joseph Albers. 1953
Graduated The Cooper Union, NYC in Painting 1952.
Painting with Joseph Hirsch, 1949.
Graphic Design with Leon Friend, Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn NY. 1948
Freelance Photographer since 1954 for advertising agencies and major U.S. and international corporations. Lectures extensively and has taught workshops since1966 in Maine, NYC, Houston, Truckee, Aspen; Jamaica, Santa Fe, Italy and British Columbia. Lectures all over the USA, Australia and New Zealand. Color prints included in private and corporate collections.
Life Time Achievement Award, PPA, 2003
Life Time Achievement Award, ASMP 1996
The Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame, The Art Director’s Club 1995
Infinity Award for Applied Photography, ICP 1987
Gold Medal Award for Photography, Art Director’s Club of NY 1986 and 1987
Photographer of the Year ASMP 1986
The Newhouse Citation, Syracuse School of Public Communications 1979
Outstanding Achievement in Photography, ASMP 1978
Saint Gauden’s Medal, Cooper Union, 1977.
Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Turner’s Falls, MA 2006
Houston FotoFest, Houston, TX 2004
Banca Popolare Vincentina, Vicenza, Italy 1994
Light on America, ICP, NY, NY 1986
Photographers’ Gallery, London, England 1979
The Space Gallery, London, England 1979
Alternative Center for International Arts, NY, NY 1976
USIA Exhibit, USSR 1965
Limelight, NY, NY 1960 (B&W)
Roy de Caravas’ Photographers’ Gallery, NY, NY 1955 (B&W)
A Tribute, Barnes & Noble 2001
Jay Maisel’s New York, Firefly Books 2000
On Assignment (Photographers at Work), Smithsonian 1990
(Editor) The Most Beautiful Place in the Wolrd, Friendly Press 1986
Light on America, United Technologies Corp. 1986
America, America, Golden Turtle Press 1982
The Great Cities: San Francisco, Time-Life Books 1978
The Snake River Country: The American Wilderness, Time-Life Books 1977
Baja California: The American Wilderness, Time-Life Books 1977
The Great Cities: Jerusalem, Time-Life Books 1976
The Greatest Jewish City in the Wolrd, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1972
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