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Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

American, b. 1941

Neal Slavin, a native New Yorker, began photographing groups in 1972. He quickly realized that shooting in color yielded greater nuance and detail, placing him among the first generation of photographers, along with William Eggleston and Joel Meyerowitz, to fully embrace color photography.

Over the past four decades, Slavin has recorded hundreds of groups from the most obscure to the most celebrated, both in the United States and abroad: Sabrett Hot Dog vendors, NYC; the Silurian Border Morris Men, Herefordshire; the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Salt Lake City; Elephant Keepers with Katie and Kumara, Bedfordshire; and the Mahayana Buddhist Service, NYC.

He has published three books: Portugal (Lustrum Press, 1971), When Two or More Are Gathered Together (Farrar Straus Giroux, 1974); and Britons (Aperture, 1986). His prints have been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the International Center of Photography (ICP), New York; the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; the National Media Museum, London; and the John Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, among many others.

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(Biography provided by Laurence Miller Gallery)

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Artist: Neal Slavin
North Shore Aquatics Club
By Neal Slavin
Located in New York, NY
Neal Slavin began photographing group portraits of organizations of people in the early 1970s, and it became a career-long passion. Synchronized swimmers are no doubt among one of th...
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1980s Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pugs - Color Photograph, Group Portrait, Dogs, Dog Show
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Pugs by Neal Slavin features 15 pugs sitting on velvet covered tables, with their owners peeking out from behind the fabric. Archival Pigment Print Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image si...
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1990s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lloyd Rod & Gun Club - Group Portrait, Men, Snow, Shotgun, Winter, Hunters
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Lloyd Rod & Gun Club by Neal Slavin depicts a group of men, dressed in various jackets and holding shotguns, standing outside a gun store in the snow. Archival Pigment Print Image s...
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1970s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Star Trek Convention - Color Group Portrait, Costumes, Sci-Fi, Alien
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Star Trek Convention by Neal Slavin is a color group portraits of 14 young adults dressed in costumes from the popular sci-fi show, Star Trek. Archival Pigment Print Paper size: 17 ...
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1970s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Staff of Statue of Liberty - Group Portrait, New York, National Monument
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Staff of Statue of Liberty by Neal Slavin is a color group portrait featuring workers standing at the base of the iconic New York statue. Edition of 12 Archival Pigment Print Paper...
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1970s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Delorean Club - Color Group Portrait, Vintage Car, Sci-Fi
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Deloeran Club by Neal Slavin features a group of people posing with their Delorean cars on a grassy field. The car's unique gull-wing doors are wide open, as their owners sit inside,...
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1980s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Park Service: Grand Canyon - Color Group Portrait, National Park, Landscape
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Park Service: Grand Canyon by Neal Slavin is a color group portrait of the park rangers working at Grand Canyon National Park. Digital C-Print Paper size: 17 x 17 in. Image size: 1...
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1970s Modern Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Digital Pigment

Capitol Wrestling - Color Group Portrait, Sports, Athletes, Locker Room
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Capitol Wrestling by Neal Slavin is a color group portrait featuring 8 men posing in a locker room, wearing little clothes except red and black underwear and matching shoes. The Capi...
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1970s Modern Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Digital Pigment

Contestants: World Body Building Guild, Brooklyn, NY - Color Portrait, Men
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Contestants: World Body Building Guild by Neal Slavin is a group portrait featuring 14 men standing on a stage, flexing their muscle for body building guild in New York. 16 x 20 in....
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1970s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors / Headquarters, Sabrett Frankfurters, New York, N.Y.
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors / Headquarters, Sabrett Frankfurters, New York, N.Y. by Neal Slavin depicts a group of men with their red and white striped hot dog carts...
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1970s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Capitol Wrestling
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
No edition Signed, titled and dated by Neal Slavin Digital c-print, 16 x 20 in. Framing not included Neal Slavin is a world-class photographer and film director. His well- known photographic books include PORTUGAL with an Afterword by Mary McCarthy (Lustrum Press/NY), WHEN TWO OR MORE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER (Farrar, Straus & Giroux/NY) and BRITONS (Andre Deutsch/London & Aperture/NY). He has produced and directed countless TV commercials through his own production company, SLAVIN-SCHAFFER FILMS, for clients such as MacDonald’s, Burger King, Hasbro Toys and European American Bank. In addition Slavin’s feature films include FOCUS; written by Arthur Miller, which stars William H. Macy and Laura Dern and features Meatloaf and David Paymer. His photographs are both privately and publicly collected. They are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (now called The National Media Museum) in London, and the John Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, to name a few. Slavin shows in both individual and group venues throughout the world. His work has been featured in the solo exhibition BRITONS at New York’s International Center of Photography (ICP) and England’s National Museum of Photography, Film & Television. He has also been honored with a retrospective exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and has been shown at the famous Les Rencontres D’Arles in France. His most recent show was at Foto/Industria Bologna 2015 Biennale. He has photographed for most of the major magazines around the world including The New York Times Magazine, The London Sunday Times Magazine, Esquire, Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung, Oprah Magazine, Rolling Stone, Life, Geo, and New York Magazine to name just a few. His work was recently featured in the online magazine SLATE in its blog called BEHOLD. It was also featured in other online magazines such as Feature Shoot, Internazionale, BuzzFeed, Ain't Bad, and L’Oeil de la Photographie. Slavin’s work encompasses a professional career of over 40 years, during which he has photographed a myriad of subjects including such celebrities as Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Barbra Streisand and Phil Collins, among others. He has also pursued his own art which has led to the publication of the three aforementioned books. He has been awarded a Gold Lion in Cannes for advertising, a Silver Cube from the Art Director’s Club of New York, five Addy Awards, and a Mobius Award. He is also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in addition to receiving two CAPS grants and a National Endowment in the Arts grant. The American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP) named him Corporate Photographer of the Year. Slavin has been included in Esquire Magazine's article on the Ten Toughest Photographs of 1975. He has also recently been honored with both The Cooper Union School of Art & Architecture’s esteemed President’s Citation and the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Medal for Artistic Achievement. His teaching credentials include classes and workshops at Les Recontres d’Arles in Provence, The Cooper Union, Manhattanville College, The School of Visual Arts, The City University of New York at Queens College as well as serving as a visiting artist at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently teaching a special combined class for Pace University and the International Center of Photography at his studio in New York City where he also gives private workshops. He is slated to give a workshop at the Palm Springs Photo...
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1970s Modern Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Digital Pigment

Park Service: Grand Canyon
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Park Service: Grand Canyon by Neal Slavin is a color group portrait of the park rangers working at Grand Canyon National Park. Digital C-Print Paper size: 17 x 17 in. Image size: 1...
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1970s Modern Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Digital Pigment

International Society of Twins
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 14 1/4 x 20 in. Signed, titled, and dated. *Photograph in images and video show print in size 17 x 22 in. Framing not included Neal Slavin is a...
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1970s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Digital Pigment

Miss USA Contestants
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, and dated in black ink on signature label on print verso. Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 13 1/4 x 19 in. *Photograph in images and video show print in size 17 ...
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1970s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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Digital Pigment

Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors, New York City
By Neal Slavin
Located in New York, NY
42 x 42 inch digital chromogenic print Framed to 43 x 43 inches, with museum-quality non-reflective Optium plexi. #7 from the edition of 8 Signed, titled, dated and editioned on labe...
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1970s Contemporary Neal Slavin Portrait Photography

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