Vicki Goldberg
P. O. Box 217
Waterville Valley, NH03215
Phone: (917) 743 8149
e-mail:
Books
Light Matters, a selection of my essays, Aperture, 2005
Co-Author,American Photography: A Century of Images (Chronicle, 1999), book accompanying the PBS documentary of the same name
The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives (Abbeville Press, 1991)
American Library Association list, best academic books of year
New York Times, Boston Globe, and Chicago Tribune lists of the year's best books on photography
Margaret Bourke-White: A Biography (Harper & Row, 1986; Addison-Wesley, 1987)
American Library Association list, best books of the year
New York Times and New York magazine lists of best biographies of the year
The Frank Luther Mott - Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award
Honorable mention, Kraszna-Krausz Award (biennial, international award for best book on photography)
Honors, Maine Photographic Workshop
Editor, Photography in Print: Writings from 1816 to the Present (University of New Mexico Press, 1988)
October, 2006, Wall Street Journal names this one of the five best books on photography
Articles, Introductions
Regular articles on photography for the New York Times for 13 years, articles on art and photography for Vanity Fair, Smithsonian, American Photo, Aperture, Paris Photo, Foto and Video (Russia) etc.
Book and catalogue texts. Most recently: Paul Fusco, Robert Kennedy: Funeral Train (Aperture, 2008); ), Jian Jiang (translated into Chinese and published in China, 2008); Ernesto Bazan, BazanCuba, (BazanPhotos Publishing, 2008); Doubleness: photography of Chang Chien-Chi (National Museum of Singapore, 2008); Jeffrey Aaronson, Borderland (Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, 2008); Joyce Tenneson: A Life in Photography 1968-2008 (Little Brown, 2008), Burk Uzzle, Just Add Water (Five Ties, 2007), Kunie Sugiura, Artists and Scientists (Nazraeli, 2007La Strada (Damiani, 2007); Suzanne Opton, Soldier(Light Work, 2006), Jimmy and Dena Katz, Salt Flats (Powerhouse, 2006); Peter Granser, Coney Island(Hatje Cantz, 2006)
Contributing editor, American Photographer, 1978 –
Contributing editor, Aperture magazine, 2004 -
Curator
Points of Entry: American Immigration, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, 1995, two year tour -- also: catalogue essay
Bourke-White: A Retrospective, International Center of Photography, 1988-90, two year tour of U. S. and Japan -- also: catalogue essay
Teaching
Rhode IslandSchool of Design, 2002 -
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, 2002
Institute of Fine Art, New York, 1997
Frequent lectures in U.S. and abroad, including keynote address, World Press Photo 2004 and keynote address, Pingyao International Photography Festival, China, 2006and 2007, Dalian University, China, 2007, Preus Museum, Norway, 2007, Ellipse Foundation, Lisbon, 2007
Judge, Art and Photographic Competitions
Lucelia Art Awards, 2003; The Eisies, 2000; Kraszna-Krausz Awards, 1998 and 2000; W. Eugene Smith Grants, 1998; McDowell Colony, 1993-95; others
Grants
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Grant for Research, to study violence in the mass visual media, 19th and 20th century, 1994 -- renewed, 1995
Awards
Long Chen Cup Award (“for excellent achievement in promoting photography in the world”),
China, 2006
Dudley Johnston Award, The Royal Photographic Society, 1999
InternationalCenter of Photography, Infinity Award for Writing, 1997
Photographic Administrators, Inc., Award for Writing, 1997
Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, School of Journalism, University of Missouri at Columbia, 1995 (previously given only to photographers)
Boards
Architectural League of New York, 2000 -
Visiting Committee, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2004-2006 (the committee was discontinued in 2007)
Television
Senior consultant, “American Photography: A Century of Images,” three-hour PBS documentary, October, 1999
Consultant and on-camera commentator, “Decisive Moments,” six-part BBC series, 1997