Neil Folberg

Neil Folberg (born April 7, 1950) is an American-Israeli photographer and gallerist.

Neil Folberg
Born (1950-04-07) April 7, 1950
San Francisco, California US
NationalityAmerican and Israeli
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forPhotography
AwardsNational Jewish Book Award (1995)

Early life and education

Folberg was born in San Francisco in 1950. His father was Joseph Folberg, a San Francisco gallerist.[1][2][3]

At the age of 16, Neil was invited to study with Ansel Adams at a photographic workshop which Adams had established in Yosemite National Park. Shortly after, in 1967, he enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley, intending to focus on the natural sciences, but ultimately switching to photography studies, under the guidance of William Garnett—who became the head of Berkeley's school of architecture and design at the time—and under the mentorship of Ansel Adams.[4]

Photography career

Folberg moved to Israel in 1976, where he began a series of color photographs of the southern desert landscapes. These—along with photographs he took in the Sinai Desert and Jordan—appeared in his first book, In a Desert Land, published by Abbeville in 1987 (first edition). Folberg's second book, And I Shall Dwell Among Them, consisted of a series of photographs, commissioned by the Aperture Foundation, in which he examined the internal and external architecture of historic synagogues throughout the world. The book was published by Aperture in 1995, and went on to win the National Jewish Book Award for Visual Arts in 1996.[5]

In 2001 Aperture published Folberg's third book, Celestial Nights, a series of black and white photographs, shot in the late 1990s and early 2000s, created by digitally combining separate negatives, of starry nights along with detailed representations of the earth beneath them.[6]

Folberg later teamed with Lin Arison to create his fourth book, Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists, which was published in 2005 (Abbeville Press).

Collections

Folberg's work is held in the following public collections:

In 1998, following his father's death, Folberg moved his father's Mission Street "Vision Gallery" to Jerusalem, Israel, where it remains to this day.[23]

References
  1. SFGate (1996), "Obituary – Joseph Folberg: S.F. Photo Gallery Owner", San Francisco Chronicle
  2. San Francisco Examiner Staff (1996), "Joe Folberg, 73, owner of famed photo galleries", San Francisco Chronicle
  3. Whiting, Sam (1996), "Vision Gallery Closes Up Shop / S.F. photo space folds after owner's death", San Francisco Chronicle
  4. Beck, Mordechai; The Jerusalem Report (2018), Neil Folberg: Photographer – A Jerusalem gallery owner has built an international reputation in his field of art
  5. "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  6. Lombardi, D. Dominick; New York Times (2002), ART REVIEWS; Layered Works, Starry Nights and Bygone Days
  7. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection
  8. Bibliothéque Nationale, Collection
  9. Smithsonian Collection
  10. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Collection
  11. LACMA Collection
  12. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collection
  13. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Collection
  14. National Gallery of Australia, Collection
  15. Yale University Art Gallery, Collection
  16. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Collection
  17. Smart Museum of Art, Collection
  18. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Collection
  19. George Eastman Museum, Collection
  20. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Collection
  21. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Collection, desert photos
  22. Israel Museum, Collection
  23. Vision Gallery
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