Rosenblum, Naomi

  1. Rosenblum, Naomi
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1925 Born January 16. 1941 1942 Attends Tyler School of Fine Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. 1943 1948 Attends Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York; graduates with a B.A. in Fine Art; marries Walter Rosenblum. 1950 Daughter Nina born September 20. 195? Daughter Lisa born. 1959 1962 Adjunct lecturer, Art Education, Engineering Drawing, at Brooklyn College, CUNY. 1962 1972 Teacher of fine art/art history at High School of Music and Art 1974 1976 Adjunct instructor of Art History, York College, CUNY. 1975 Receives master’s degree from the City University of New York (CUNY) 1976 Contributor to “Paul Strand: 60 Years of Photographs,” Aperture. 1976 1990 Adjunct professor, art history department, Parsons School of Design, New York. 1977 Co-author of “America and Lewis Hine,” with Walter Rosenblum and Alan Trachtenberg for Aperture; Co-curator of the Lewis Hine Retrospective, Brooklyn Museum; helps to coordinate the photography section of “The Modern Spirit” shown in Edinburgh. 1978 Receives doctorate from CUNY. Dissertation is “Paul Strand, the Early Years, 1910-1932.” 1979 Co-authors “History of American Art” with Brown, Hunter, Jacobus and Sokol for Harry N. Abrams; Lewis Hine Retrospective travels to the Venice Biennale; chairs “New Perspectives on American Art, 1890-1940,” symposium in honor of Milton W. Brown. 1980 Lewis Hine Retrospective travels to China; Professor of photographic history, Parsons Program at Arles, France (summer). 1981 Contributes to “Contemporary Photographers,” St. James Press. 1983 Publishes “A world history of photography,” Abbeville Press. 1983 1993 Member, Board of Advisors, Paul Strand Archive. 1984 1985 Adjunct professor, history of photography, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. 1985 “A World History of Photography” wins best photographic history book from American Photographic Historical Society; adjunct professor, art history department, Graduate Center, CUNY. 1985 1992 Member, Board of Advisory, Aperture Foundation. 1989 Authors “Changing Chicago: A phototdocumentary,” University of Illinois Press. 1990 Getty scholar along with husband Walter; authors “Orgeval: A remembrance of Paul Strand,” Lumiere Press. 1992 1992 ? Member of Acquisitions Committee, International Museum of Photography Eastman House. 1993 1993 ? Member, Advisory Board, Cambridge Perspectives on Photography, Cambridge University Press. 1994 Publishes “A history of women photographers,” Abbeville Press; wins American Photographic History Society Award for best photographic history book for “A history of women photographers.” 1995 Scholar in residence, Ecole Nationale de Photographie, Arles, France. 1998 She and her husband Walter were awarded the Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement by the International Center for Photography. 1998 Co-author of “Berenice Abbott: New York Anni Trenta,” with Italo Zannier, Art Books International, Ltd. 1999 Co-authored “Documenting a myth: The South as seen by three women photographers, Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, Doris Ulmann, Bayard Wootten 1910-1940,” with Susan Fillin-Yeh, University of Washington Press. 2003 Authors “Women seeing women: a pictorial history of women’s photography from Julia Margaret Cameron to Annie Leibovitz,” W W Norton and Co. Inc. 2007 Co-authors “Chernobyl: the hidden legacy,” with Pierpaolo Mittica and Rosalie Bertell, Trolley Books. 2008 Women in Photography International, an online resource center, uses her text to establish their list of the top 100 women photographers.

Born Jan. 16, 1925. [info from 2 sources: copy of insurance card in Box A Folder 16, and copy of passport in Box A Volga Peace Cruise folder] Rosenblum is an independent scholar who has taught, written photography history books, articles, book reviews, lectured widely and co-curated several exhibits. Her texts, “A World History of Photography” and “A History of Women Photographers” are used in photography and photo history classes worldwide. Her husband was Walter Rosenblum, (1919-2000) a photographer, professor and member of the Photo League.

From the guide to the Naomi Rosenblum collection, 1918-1999, (University of Arizona Libraries, Center for Creative Photography)
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