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Lisa kereszi photographer
Lisa Kereszi (born 1973) is a photographer and critic. She is director of undergraduate studies in art, and acting director of undergraduate studies in photography, at Yale University.
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- Lisa kereszi photographer
- Lisa Kereszi Interview The Party is Over
- Life and work
- Publications
- Collections
- References
Lisa Kereszi Interview: The Party is Over
Life and work
Kereszi grew up in Pennsylvania where her father owned a junk yard and her mom owned and ran an antique store. Kereszi earned a BA from Bard College working with Stephen Shore and others. After graduating from Bard, she began working as an assistant to Nan Goldin. After NYC, she attended Yale University in 2000 to earn an MFA. She has been associated with the university since as a staff member or faculty.
Her work uses color photography and deals with both fantasy and the idea of home. In the realm of fantasy or "places around the cultural fringe", her projects have included haunted houses both operating and during daylight hours, burlesque dancers, and strip clubs. For work about home, she photographed her grandfather's junk yard, culminating in a book published in 2012 about which The New York Times remarked the junkyard was "a perfect place for an artist to be born."
She has done commissions for Yale University, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and Orion. Her commercial clients include Nike, IBM, and Capitol Records.
Publications
Collections
Kereszi's work is held in the following permanent public collections: