Gregory Halpern is an American photographer who grew up in Buffalo, New York. He recently published his third book of photographs, entitled A, a photographic ramble through the streets of the American Rust Belt. His other books include Omaha Sketchbook, an artist's book portrait of the titular city, and Harvard Works Because We Do, a book of photographs and text, presenting a portrait of Harvard University through the eyes of the school's service employees. Harvard Works Because We Do includes an introduction by Studs Terkel and was reviewed in The New York Times Book Review. He holds a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. He has taught at California College of the Arts, Cornell University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvard University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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