Marvin Heiferman

Education

BA, Brooklyn College; Columbia University

Exhibitions/curatorial projects include

“Fame After Photography,” Museum of Modern Art; “Bill Wood’s Business,” “Talking Pictures: People Speak About the Photographs That Speak to Them,” International Center of Photography; “Click! Photography Changes Everything,” Smithsonian Photography Initiative; “John Waters: Change of Life,” New Museum of Contemporary Art; “Image World,” Whitney Museum of American Art; “Now is Then: Snapshots from the Maresca Collection,” Newark Museum; “Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution,” Exit Art

Books authored include

Photography Changes Everything; John Waters: Change of Life; Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution; Growing Up With Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American; Talking Pictures: People Speak About the Photographs That Speak to Them; Love is Blind; I’m So Happy: A Picture-Perfect Adventure Story; Still Life; Seeing Science: How Photography Reveals the Universe

Books edited include

Race Stories: Essays on the Power of Images; Flaming Creature: Jack Smith, His Amazing Life and Times; William Wegman’s Cinderella; William Wegman’s Little Red Riding Hood; Bill Wood’s Business; Now Is Then: Snapshots from the Maresca Collection; Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency 

Publications include

The New Yorker, Literary Hub, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Art in America, London Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Artforum, Newsweek, Flash Art, Afterimage, BOMB, Aperture, Interview, ARTnews

Awards and honors include

Stock Photography Award, Type Directors Club