{{Short description|American photographer (1918–2014)}} '''Arthur Leipzig''' (October 25, 1918 – December 5, 2014) was an American photographer who specialized in street photography and was known for his photographs of New York City.<ref name="ASMP-Interview-Leipzig-interview 1990" /><ref name="Klein 2011" /> In 2004, he won the Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography.<ref name="thejewishmuseum.org"/>

==Career== Leipzig was born in Brooklyn. After sustaining a serious injury to his right hand while working at a glass wholesaler, Leipzig joined the Photo League where he studied photography, took part in Sid Grossman's Documentary Workshop, taught Advanced Technique classes for three years, and exhibited his work.<ref name="thejewishmuseum.org">[https://archive.today/20120913002852/http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/onlinecollection/collection_results.php?artistlist=1&aid=1388 Arthur Leipzig bio at The Jewish Museum]</ref> From 1942 until 1946 he was a staff photographer for ''PM.'' He also studied under Paul Strand before quitting the League to pursue a career as a freelance photojournalist.

In 1955 Leipzig's 1943 photograph ''King of the Hill'', depicting two little boys challenging each other on a sand heap, was selected by Edward Steichen<ref>{{Citation | author1=Sandeen, Eric J | title=Picturing an exhibition : the family of man and 1950s America | date=1995 | publisher=University of New Mexico Press | edition=1st | isbn=978-0-8263-1558-8 }}</ref> for the world-touring exhibition ''The Family of Man'' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, that was seen by 9 million visitors.<ref name="Steichen 1955" />

Leipzig was a professor of art and the director of photography at the CW Post Campus of Long Island University from 1968 to 1991.<ref name="kuhn">"[http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/umbcnews/2005/03/albin_o_kuhn_library_gallery_p_7.html Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery Presents ''On Assignment: Photographs by Arthur Leipzig'']", UMBC News, 24 March 2005. Accessed 6 January 2011.</ref> In an effort to build his department and enhance the quality of photographic techniques, Leipzig recruited two well known photojournalists, Louis Stettner and Ken Johnson (formerly a photo editor with Black Star) to his staff. He also recruited the now, highly regarded female photographer, Christine Osinski.

Leipzig contributed his work to many publications including ''Fortune, Look, Parade,'' and ''Natural History,'' while continuing to pursue his independent projects.<ref name="kuhn" />

Leipzig died in Sea Cliff, New York on December 5, 2014, aged 96.<ref name="NYTs 2014 Dec 6" />

==Exhibitions==

===Solo exhibitions=== * 2005 Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, UMBC, Baltimore<ref name="kuhn" /> * 2005&ndash;2006 ''On Assignment'', Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Mississippi<ref name="kuhn" /><ref name="pnc">"[http://www.photography-now.com/artists/K13628.html Arthur Leipzig: Exhibitions]", Photography-now.com. Accessed 6 January 2011.</ref> * 2007 ''On Assignment: A Retrospective'', Photographic Gallery, New York<ref name="pnc" /> * 2008 ''Arthur Leipzig: Next Stop New York'', Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen.<ref>"[http://www.suermondt-ludwig-museum.de/content/mus/slm/ausstellungen/archiv/archiv_2008/leipzig/index.html Arthur Leipzig: Next Stop New York - Fotografien] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719090126/http://www.suermondt-ludwig-museum.de/content/mus/slm/ausstellungen/archiv/archiv_2008/leipzig/index.html |date=July 19, 2011 }}", Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, 2008. {{in lang|de}} Accessed 6 January 2011.</ref> * 2009 ''Arthur Leipzig: Next Stop New York'', Städtische Galerie Iserlohn, Iserlohn<ref name="pnc" />

===Group exhibitions=== * 2003 ''Looking for Leisure'', Staley + Wise Gallery, New York<ref name="pnc" /> * 2005 ''Winter Selections'', Gendell Gallery, San Francisco<ref name="pnc" /> * 2006 ''Right of Passage: Youth Culture from the Mid-Century'', Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York<ref name="pnc" /> * 2007 ''New York, NY'', Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp<ref name="pnc" /> * 2009 ''Sexy and the City – New York Photographs'', Yossi Milo Gallery, New York<ref name="pnc" /> * 2009 ''Greenberg in Hamburg'', Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg<ref name="pnc" /> * 2010 ''Family of Man'', Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York<ref name="pnc" /> * 2011–2012 ''The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951''], The Jewish Museum, New York<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/onlinecollection/collection_results.php?artistlist=1&aid=7383 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209133308/http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/onlinecollection/collection_results.php?artistlist=1&aid=7383 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-12-09 | title=The Jewish Museum &#124; Rudy Burckhardt }}</ref>

==Collections== Leipzig's work is held in the following permanent collections: * Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris,<ref name="prca" /> * Brooklyn Museum<ref name="prca" /> * National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.<ref name="prca" />

==Publications== * ''Sarah's Daughters: A Celebration of Jewish Women''. Women's American ORT, 1988. * ''Growing up in New York''. Boston: David R. Godine, 1995. {{ISBN|1567920519}}. * ''On Assignment with Arthur Leipzig''. Boston: Long Island University Press, 2005. {{ISBN|978-0-913252-02-4}}. * ''Arthur Leipzig: Next Stop New York''. Munich / New York: Prestel, 2008.

==Awards== <!-- * 1962 National Urban League Photography Award --> * 2004 Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography<ref name="kuhn" />

==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <!--K--> <ref name="Klein 2011">{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Klein & Evans,|2011|p=}} |last1=Klein |first1=Mason of the Jewish Museum, Manhattan |last2=Evans |first2=Catherine of the Columbus Museum of Art |title=The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 |publisher=Yale University Press}} {{LCCN|2011020574}}; {{ISBN|978-0-3001-4687-5}}, {{ISBN|0-3001-4687-6}}; {{OCLC|711045632|show=all}}.</ref>

<!--L--> <ref name="ASMP-Interview-Leipzig-interview 1990">{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Leipzig Interview,|1990|p=}} |title=''"Interviews with ASMP Founders" (series) "Arthur Leipzig"'' |work=ASMP |url=https://www.asmp.org/resources/about/history/interview-founders/arthur-leipzig/ |type=interview and transcript, 1990 |publisher=American Society of Media Photographers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617145142/https://www.asmp.org/resources/about/history/interview-founders/arthur-leipzig/ |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |via=Wayback Machine }}<div style="margin-left:2em">Re: Arthur Leipzig: Interview and transcript by Kay Reese & Mimi Leipzig (''née'' Mildred Levin; 1923–2022; Arthur's wife). In 1996, the ASMP staff edited the transcript for online presentation and added supplemental biographic information.</div></ref>

<!--S--> <ref name="Steichen 1955">{{Cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Steichen,|1955|p=38}} |last1=Edward Steichen (1879–1973), book intro and exhibition organizer |author-link1=Edward Steichen |last2=Carl Sandburg (1878–1967), prologue |author-link2=Carl Sandburg |last3=Dorothy Norman (1905–1997), added text |author-link3=Dorothy Norman |last4=Leo Lionni (1910–1999), book designer |author-link4=Leo Lionni |editor-last1=Jerry Mason |date=1955 |chapter=U.S.A. Arthur Leipzig |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/familyofman0000unse_s8w4/page/38/mode/2up |title=The Family of Man: The Photographic Exhibition |url=https://archive.org/details/familyofman0000unse_s8w4/page/38/mode/2up |url-access=registration |publisher=Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Simon and Schuster in collaboration with the Maco Magazine Corporation |page=38 |access-date=May 16, 2022 |via=Internet Archive }} Re: article about the book: ''The Family of Man.'' {{LCCN|67031983}}; {{OCLC|1078813503|show=all}}.</ref>

<ref name="prca">[http://www.bu.edu/prc/auction/catalogue07/25.htm Auction page]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<!--N--> <ref name="NYTs 2014 Dec 6">{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|''New York Times,'' December 6,|2014|p=17A}} |last1=New York Times (The) |author-link1=The New York Times |last2=Martin |first2=Douglas |date=December 5, 2014 |title=Arthur Leipzig, Photographer of Everyday Life in New York, Dies at 96 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/nyregion/arthur-leipzig-a-photographer-inspired-by-everyday-life-in-new-york-dies-at-96.html |series=Online ed. {{free access}} |accessdate=December 6, 2014 }} {{ProQuest|2212824507}} (online; US Newsstream database).<div style="margin-left:2em">{{cite news |date=December 6, 2014 |title=Arthur Leipzig, a Photographer of Everyday Life in New York, Dies at 96 |url= |series=Print → Late Edition (East Coast) |page=17 (Section A) }} {{ProQuest|1632454092}} (print; US Newsstream database); {{ISSN|0362-4331}}.</div></ref>

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== External links == * [https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/7YMJGVYBzWLFBUTT Arthur Leipzig collection] at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History ''(Photographic History collection)''

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