Joseph Szabo - the Heckscher Museum of Art

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The Heckscher Museum of Art
SPECIAL EXHIBITION RESOURCE GUIDE
FOR TEACHERS
Coming of Age
in America
The Photography of
Joseph Szabo
January 14 - March 25, 2012
WHAT’S INSIDE
About the Exhibition.................................... 1
About Joseph Szabo......................................1
Exhibition-Related Websites...........................2
Exhibition-Related Books...............................2
Exhibition-Related Vocabulary........................3
Joseph Szabo, Rolling Stones Salute, 1978.
Courtesy of the Artist and Gitterman Gallery, NYC.
Pre- and Post-Visit Activities..........................4
Select Images from the Exhibition..................5
Also on View...............................................13
Explore the Collection.................................14
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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Coming of Age in America: The Photography of Joseph Szabo
Coming of Age in America: The Photography of Joseph Szabo is the first museum
retrospective of this Long Island photographer whose work presents a dual portrait of
adolescence on Long Island and summers on the Island’s iconic Jones Beach. Szabo
poignantly portrays teens on the cusp of adulthood, documenting his subjects in moments
of uncertainty, reflection, longing, bravado, and exuberance. The restless teens and
unselfconscious bathers seen in Szabo’s black-and-white photographs evoke timeless
memories of our own, similar teenage years and summers at the beach. This exhibition
consists of 54 black-and-white photographs (silver gelatin prints) taken by Joseph Szabo
between 1969 and 2007.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: JOSEPH SZABO
Joseph Szabo is a teacher, photographer, and author who began his photographic studies
at Pratt Institute where he received an MFA degree in 1968. He taught photography at
Malverne High School on Long Island from 1972-1999 and at the International Center of
Photography in New York since 1978.
Joseph Szabo has been photographing his teen-age students for the past forty years, and
has perfectly captured the ambivalence of that time of life. As a high school teacher, he
takes seriously their pretentions, passions, and confusions, and he knows intimately how
students put on, act up, behave, and misbehave. As Cornell Capa wrote in the foreword of
Almost Grown, “Szabo’s camera is sharp, incisive, and young, matching his subjects. One
can use many adjectives: revealing, tender, raucous, sexy, showy... in Szabo’s hands, the
camera is magically there, the light is always available, the moment is perceived, seen,
and caught.”
In 1978, Szabo’s book on adolescence, Almost Grown, was published by Harmony
Books and acclaimed by the American Library Association and placed on its “Best
Books of the Year” listing. In 1984, Szabo received a photography fellowship from the
National Endowment for the Arts. His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale,
the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and
the Brooklyn Museum, among others. His work has been collected by many institutions
including the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, France; The George Eastman House in
Rochester, New York; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Source: http://www.photosofteenagers.com
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EXHIBITION-RELATED WEBSITES
The Photography of Joseph Szabo, Inc.
The official website of Joseph Szabo, this site includes a biography, information on Szabo’s
numerous books, as well as links to other websites featuring images of his work.
http://www.photosofteenagers.com/
Gitterman Gallery
A collection of images of Joseph Szabo’s photographs
http://www.gittermangallery.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=1598
The Joseph Szabo Project
A documentary film by David Khachatorian and George P. Pozderec
http://www.thejosephszaboproject.com/
TIME LightBox, from the photo editors of TIME Magazine
The June 2011 article Joseph Szabo: Amercan Photography’s Best Kept Secret discusses
and presents images of Hometown, a recently “unearthed” series of suburban landscapes
taken between 1973 and 1979 that remained hidden until 2010.
http://lightbox.time.com/2011/06/27/joseph-szabo-american-photographys-best-keptsecret/#1
EXHIBITION-RELATED BOOKS
Almost Grown. 1978.
Joseph Szabo (Author)
Jones Beach. 2010.
Joseph Szabo: Rolling Stones Fans. 2007.
Joseph Szabo: Teenage. 2003.
Joseph Szabo (Photographer) and Cameron Crowe (Contributor)
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EXHIBITION-RELATED VOCABULARY
photograph: An image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually
photographic film.
documentary photography: A form of photography used to chronicle significant
and historical events. It is typically used in photojournalism, but it may also be an amateur,
artistic, or academic pursuit. The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective,
and usually candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people.
silver gelatin print: A traditional black-and-white photographic print in which the
final imaging material is metallic silver suspended in a gelatin binder.
c-print or chromogenic print: Color print made from a color transparency or
negative. The print material has at least three emulsion layers of silver salts. Each layer
is sensitized to one of the three primary colors in the spectrum. During the first stage of
development a silver image is formed on each layer. Dye couplers are then added which
bond with the silver and form dyes of the appropriate colors in the emulsion layers.
pigment print: A print made from a process by which an image is digitally rendered
on an inkjet printer using archival pigment inks that have been laboratory tested to be
fade resistant for 150 years.
point of view or viewpoint: The position from which the subject of a work of art
is observed. (Examples: bird’s eye, worm’s eye)
portrait: A painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person,
in which the face and its expression is predominant.
rock ‘n’ roll:
A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s. A blend of black
rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western. “Rock” is a generic term for the range
of styles that evolved out of rock ’n’ roll.
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PRE- and POST-VISIT ACTIVITIES
Your Student Body “Documentary”
This project may be modified for grades 6 - 12.
MOTIVATION
Have students look carefully at the photographs from Coming of Age in America: The Photography of
Joseph Szabo. Explain that these photographs are considered documentary photography. What might
this mean? What are they documenting? (See definition on page 15.)
Next discuss what type of “portraits” Szabo’s photographs paint of these high school students. Brainstorm
a list of adjectives that could be used to describe how the students appear in the photographs (For
example: rebellious, passionate, vain, etc.). Look carefully again at the photographs and discuss why
the viewer gets these impressions. What types of environments are they in? What types of activities or
interactions are they engaged in? What facial expressions and body positions/stances do they display?
Finally, compare the students in the photographs to students today. What is similar? What is different?
If you were to create your own documentary photographs of students in your school in 2012, how might
they be similar or different?
PROCEDURE
Create documentary photographs and/or video of the students in your school.
1. Before beginning to take photographs or film, decide as a class what aspects of being a teenager in
2012 “define” the student body in your school. What types of things do students do in their free
time? What takes priority in their lives? What do they feel strongly about? Who do they identify
with and why?
2. Be sure to recognize that no student population is homogenious and that there will most likely be a
broad range of answers to the questions in number 1. This diversity should then be represented in
the photographs or film created as a class.
3. Identify key acitivities and environments to be included and begin taking photographs and/or
filming students.
4. Try not to “stage” or “pose” any of the photographs. Encourage students to keep their cameras
with them as often as possible and keep their eyes out for the right moment to capture an image.
5. Once all of the photographs/film have been taken, print or edit as necessary. When complete, critique and discuss the success of the project. What photographs do students think best “represent” the student body? What else might be added to enrich the project further?
EXTENSIONS
Beyond the Classroom
Organize an exhibition or screening of the project for the whole student body and gather student reactions.
Did they feel that the imagery really captured their identity? Why or why not?
Oral Presentations/Peer Teaching
Once the students view the project, share images of Joseph Szabo’s photographs and have the students
teach their classmates about his photography and what they learned from it.
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Coming of Age in America
The Photography of Joseph Szabo
Joseph Szabo
Hurt, 1972
Silver gelatin print
Courtesy of the Artist and Gitterman Gallery, NYC
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Joseph Szabo
Irene and Lena, 1975
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Joseph Szabo
Dawn In Her Room, 1985
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Joseph Szabo
Beached Bikini, 1989
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Joseph Szabo
Lifeguard’s Dream, 1972
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Joseph Szabo
Hey Fox, 1970
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Joseph Szabo
Jones Beach Madonna, 1969
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Joseph Szabo
Rolling Stone Salute, 1978
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ALSO ON VIEW
A Way with Words:
Text in Art
October 29 - April 15, 2012
Words
are not commonly considered
an element of the visual arts, yet many artists
incorporate words in their work. This exhibition
of works from the Permanent Collection presents
art that includes words, lettering, numbers, or
symbols as subject, design element, or to convey
information.
text
In using
to augment the purely
visual elements, these works give new
meaning to the cliché “a picture is worth
a thousand words.” Featured artists include
Berenice Abbott, Mary Bauermeister, Robert
Cottingham, Stuart Davis, Don Eddy, Red
Grooms, Man Ray, Howardena Pindell, and
Michelle Stuart, among others.
(Top to bottom)
William Richard Crutchfield, Help [detail], 1972,
Serigraph on paper, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Orlinsky;
Neil Scholl, Boardwalk Stores, Rockaway Beach,
Queens, New York City, 1968, Photograph,
silver gelatin print, Gift of the Artist.
Across
Time & Place
Treasures from the
Permanent Collection
This rotating Permanent Collection exhibition
includes paintings, drawings, and sculpture
from the 1500s through the late 1900s in a
wide range of styles, demonstrating the breadth
and depth of the Museum’s collection.
Daniel Ridgway Knight, Waiting for the Ferry, 1885,
Oil on canvas, August Heckscher Collection.
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EXPLORE THE COLLECTION @ www.heckscher.org
Your Key to the Museum’s Permanent Collection
Learn about
COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS.
George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun
and much more!
SEARCH THE COLLECTION of more than
2,200 works by artist, classification, or date.
See artwork that is
CURRENTLY ON VIEW.
Click thumbnails for
large images and detailed information.
Select works of art have Huey’s Kid-Friendly
Information. These guided questions are
designed for children to learn along with a
grown-up. Huey makes it fun for everyone to
look and learn together!
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Everything you need
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SPECIAL EXHIBITION RESOURCE GUIDES for TEACHERS
Prepare your students before their School Discovery Program! Guides are developed on
a rolling basis and are available free of charge at www.heckscher.org. Simply click on
“Education”/“Educator Resources”. All guides include exhibition-specific information
including:
• Artist biographies
• Exhibition summaries
• Full-color artwork images
• Vocabulary words
• Pre- and post-visit activities
“KIDS CORNER”
The Museum displays artwork by young
artists in this online gallery.
HOW TO ENTER:
Please send a .jpg of student artwork to
[email protected]. All entries must include
first name, title of the artwork, and artist’s age.
SHARE LESSONS and STUDENT ARTWORK
Have you taught your students a lesson inspired by an exhibition on view in the Museum?
Share it with us and fellow art teachers at www.heckscher.org.
Please send a description of your lesson along with .jpg files of student work to [email protected].
All submissions must include teacher’s full name, school name, district and grade level.
QUESTIONS?
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631.351.3250
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Education Department
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631.351.3214 - Monday through Friday,
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Joseph Szabo - the Heckscher Museum of Art

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