Ken Schles

Ken Schles (born 1960) is an American photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. A New York Foundation for the Arts fellow, Schles has published five monographs over 25 years.[1] In 2014, both The New York Times and Time named Invisible City among the notable photobooks of that year.[2][3]

Schles' work is held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Museo D'Arte Contemporanea, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and others.[1]

Career

Schles earned his BFA from Cooper Union in 1982, where he studied with Len Jenshel, William Gedney and Larry Fink. After continuing his studies with Lisette Model at the New School for Social Research and participating in a study group run by Martha Rosler, he worked as a printer for a number of Magnum Photos photographers, including Gilles Peress, Elliot Erwitt and Burt Glinn.[4] In addition, since 1992, Schles has artistically contributed to over a hundred albums, CDs, and videos.[5]

Schles is currently a foreign correspondent for Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, a photography museum located at the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Publications

Collections

Schles' work is held in the following permanent public collections:

References

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  2. "TIME Picks the Best Photobooks of 2014". Time.com. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  3. "The East Village in the 1980s and Looking Back". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  4. "Ken Schles". LensCulture. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  5. Ken Schles. "Ken Schles | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  6. "'Invisible City / Night Walk, 1983-1989': Ken Schles documents NYC's Lower East Side in the 80's". News.yahoo.com. 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  7. "Ken Schles – Library Committee Event Nov.30, 2010 | International Center of Photography Library". Icplibrary.wordpress.com. 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  8. "Published Pioneers | The Cooper Union". Cooper.edu. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  9. Dafoe, Taylor (2015-04-02). "Invisible City and Night Walk by Ken Schles". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  10. "Art Lending Service and Art Advisory Service Records1948-1996in The Museum of Modern Art Archives ArtLending". Moma.org. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  11. "Search | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  12. "Search | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". Mfah.org. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  13. "Brookmuse | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives". Library.brooklynmuseum.org. 1992-11-06. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  14. "Search Collection Results | The Art Institute of Chicago". Artic.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-28.

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