JOSEPH STERLING

BIOGRAPHY

BORN
November 5, 1936
El Paso, TX

EDUCATION
1962
MS in Photography Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

1959
BS in Photography Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

Student of Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind and Frederick Sommer

1954-1956
Texas Western College


© 2001 Edward Hughs
   

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2002
“The Age of Adolescence,” Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001
“Let’s Have Lunch,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York
“City 2000,” Chicago Cultural Center

1996
“Together Again: Six Former Students of Harry Callahan,” Gallery 312, Chicago
“When Harry Met Aaron: Chicago Photography 1946-1971,” Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
“Chicago Photography 1935-1965,” James Danzinger Gallery, New York
Kobe Aid Fund: World Photography Art Exhibition, Kobe, Japan
Portland Photography Festival, Portland, OR

1993
“Two Person Show,” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR

1992
“The Young Rebel in American Photography, 1950-1970,” Museum of Modern Art, New York

1991-1992
“Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Fire/American Photographs 1948-1963,” Ehlers-Caudill Gallery, Chicago

1984
“Cityscapes,” The Hallmark Collection Traveling Exhibition

1983
“Chicago: The Architectural City,” Art Institute of Chicago

1980
“The New Vision: Forty Years of Photography at The Institute of Design. Light Gallery,” New York

1979
“Discovering America 1959-1970,” Art Institute of Chicago

1977
“The Photographer and the City,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

1975
“For You Aaron,” The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago

1970’s
Illinois Arts Council Traveling Exhibition.

1967
“Photography in the Twentieth Century,” National Gallery of Canada Expo ‘67: Photography Exhibition, Montreal

1966
“The Photographer’s Eye,” Museum of Modern Art, New York
“One Person Show,” Gallery 500D

1964
“One Person Show,” Institute of Design, Chicago Directions ’64: Photography in Illinois
New York Worlds Fair Photography Exhibition
“Photography ‘63/An International Exhibition,”
The New York State Exposition and Eastman House