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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sol_Libsohn > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sol_Libsohn.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Libsohn > Source revision: 1296739083 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description |American photographer (1914–2001)}} {{Use mdy dates |date=April 2025}} '''Sol Libsohn''' (February 5, 1914 – January 21, 2001) was an American self-taught, documentary photographer.{{cite news | author = [Nasar, Sylvia](/source/Sylvia_Nasar) | title=Sol Libsohn, 86, Photographer Who Captured Ordinary Life | date=2001-01-25 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/25/arts/sol-libsohn-86-photographer-who-captured-ordinary-life.html | work = [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | access-date = 2011-05-03 }} == Biography == After graduating from [City College of New York](/source/City_College_of_New_York),{{when|date=April 2025}} he joined the [Film and Photo League](/source/Workers_Film_and_Photo_League) where he earned his living documenting paintings. In 1936, he co-founded the [Photo League](/source/Photo_League) in New York City with [Sid Grossman](/source/Sid_Grossman). {{dead link|date=April 2025}}[http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/onlinecollection/collection_results.php?artistlist=1&aid=7337 "Sol Libsohn Bio at the Jewish Museum"]. [Jewish Museum](/source/Jewish_Museum_(Manhattan)).{{Cite web|url=http://web-static.nypl.org/exhibitions/league/introduction.html|title=NYPL, Where Do We Go from Here |publisher = [New York Public Library](/source/New_York_Public_Library) |access-date=2020-03-27}} Libsohn was an important teacher at the league as well as a member and leader of numerous production groups. In addition to freelance work for numerous magazines, he also was employed by [Roy Stryker](/source/Roy_Stryker) for the documentary project of [Standard Oil Company](/source/Standard_Oil) of New Jersey (later Exxon), the [Federal Art Project](/source/Federal_Art_Project), and [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University), where he taught art and photography to disadvantaged youth in the Summer Program. Libsohn was a personal acquaintance of [Romana Javitz](/source/Romana_Javitz), head of the [New York Public Library](/source/New_York_Public_Library)'s Picture Collection from 1929 to 1968, who sought out his work for the library.{{Cite web|url=https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SLibsohn,%20Sol,%201914%20,__Orightresult?lang=eng&suite=def|title=Encore – Libsohn, Sol, 1914| publisher = [New York Public Library](/source/New_York_Public_Library) |access-date=2020-03-27}} ==Death== Libsohn died on January 21, 2001, in [Princeton, New Jersey](/source/Princeton%2C_New_Jersey). ==Exhibitions== * ''The Family of Man'', January 24 – May 8, 1955, [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art), New York City * ''Image of Freedom'', October 29, 1941 – February 1, 1942, [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art), New York City ==Collections== * [Harvard Art Museums](/source/Harvard_Art_Museums){{Cite web|url=https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/person/34645|title= Sol Libsohn | publisher=[Harvard Art Museums](/source/Harvard_Art_Museums) |language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}} * [International Center for Photography](/source/International_Center_for_Photography){{Cite web|url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/sol-libsohn|title=Sol Libsohn|date=2016-03-02| publisher = [International Center of Photography](/source/International_Center_of_Photography) |language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}} * [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art){{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/3539|title=Sol Libsohn| publisher = [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art) |language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}} * [New York Public Library](/source/New_York_Public_Library) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020525034309/http://www.geh.org/ne/mismi3/libsohn_sld00001.html Sol Libsohn (George Eastman House)] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Libsohn, Sol}} Category:Place of birth missing Category:1914 births Category:2001 deaths Category:20th-century American educators Category:20th-century American male artists Category:20th-century American photographers Category:20th-century people from New Jersey Category:20th-century people from New York (state) Category:21st-century American educators Category:21st-century American male artists Category:21st-century American photographers Category:21st-century people from New Jersey Category:21st-century people from New York (state) Category:American documentary photographers Category:American magazine people Category:Artists from Princeton, New Jersey Category:City College of New York alumni Category:Educators from New York City Category:Mass media people from New Jersey Category:Mass media people from New York City Category:American organization founders Category:Photographers from New Jersey Category:Photographers from New York City Category:Princeton University faculty --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sol Libsohn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Libsohn) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Libsohn?action=history)). 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