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LARRY FINK

1941-

BiographyLarry Fink (born 1941) studied with the internationally renowned photographer Lisette Model in New York during the 1960s. He became a freelance fashion photographer after briefly attending college but soon found himself disillusioned with the field. Fink became interested in social documentary photography and began several independent projects by supporting himself through magazine assignments and teaching photography at various institutions including Parsons School of Design, Yale University, Cooper Union, Lehigh University, and, since 1988, Bard College.

Fink's best known project was published in 1984 as Social Graces. These images focus upon gatherings and celebrations of families of all socio-economic strata, detailing rituals particular to their own circumstances. From baptisms to picnics, this work shows Fink's highly individual interpretation of visual cues derived from the work of not only Model but of three other influences, Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand, and Diane Arbus.

The recipient of numerous awards including those from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fink's work has appeared regularly in The New York Times Magazine, Life, and American Photo. He has had several one-person shows since his first at the Cannes Film Festival in 1960, among them at The Museum of Modern Art (1979), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1981), and Musee de L'Elysee in Lausanne, Switzerland (1994).

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