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BIOGRAPHY
Active as a photographer for more than forty years, Philip Trager is one of the foremost
photographers of architecture and dance. His distinctly personal photographs of buildings are
regarded as landmarks in architectural photography. His expressionistic photographs of dancers
in outdoor settings have expanded the genre of dance photography.
Ten monographs of his photographs have been published. His most recent books are Philip Trager, a retrospective book, and Faces, both published by Steidl.
Four of Trager's books have been chosen for the annual books selection of The New York Times Annual Review of Books. His books have received various awards including Finalist for the Grand Prix Award of Les Recontres Internationales de la Photographie, Book of the Year of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and inclusion in the Best Books selections of Interview, Vanity Fair, The Times (London), New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times Book Review and others.
The Library of Congress is acquiring a complete collection of Trager's published and unpublished photographs as well as his definitive archive as part of its core collections.
Trager's work is included in numerous museum and private collections including the Bibliothèque Nationale, Center for Creative Photography, Museum of the City of New York, The Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Trager’s photographs have been exhibited worldwide in museums and galleries.
Monographs
Philip Trager. Retrospective. Photographs by Philip Trager. Essays by Barbara L. Michaels, Norton Owen, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, and John Wood. Interview by Stephanie Wiles. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2006.
Faces. Photographs by Philip Trager. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2005.
Changing Paris: A Tour along the Seine. Photographs by Philip Trager. Architectural commentary by Thomas Mellins. Foreword by Pierre Borhan. Introduction by Diane Johnson. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Arena Editions, 2000.
Persephone. Photographs by Philip Trager. Poems by Eavan Boland and Rita Dove. Text by Ralph Lemon and Andrew Szegedy-Maszak. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press with The New England Foundation for the Arts, 1996.
Dancers. Photographs by Philip Trager. Foreword by Bill T. Jones. Essays by Joan Acocella and David Freedberg. Afterword by Mark Morris. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1992.
The Villas of Palladio. Photographs by Philip Trager. Text by Vincent Scully. Foreword by Renato Cevese. Introduction by Michael Graves. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1986.
Wesleyan Photographs. Photographs by Philip Trager. Foreword by Paul Horgan; Text by Vincent Scully, Eve Blau, and Samuel M. Green, II. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1982.
Philip Trager: New York. Foreword by Louis Auchincloss. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1980.
Photographs of Architecture. Photographs by Philip Trager. Introduction by Samuel M. Green II. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1977.
Echoes of Silence. Photographs by Philip Trager. Danbury, Connecticut: Scroll Press, 1972.
book awards
Changing Paris
Book Award, The Maine Photographic Workshops Annual Book Competition, 2000
Dancers
Annual Holiday Book Issue: New York Times Book Review
Annual Best Books Selection: Vanity Fair; Newsweek; New York Magazine; The Times (London); British Vogue; Los Angeles Times Book Review; Wall Street Journal Book Award, The Maine Photographic Workshops Annual Book Competition, 1992
The Villas of Palladio
Annual Holiday Book Issue: New York Times Book Review
Annual Best Books Selection: Interview; Reader’s Catalogue; Connoisseur
Winter Book Selection: Art in America; The Magazine Antiques
Book Award, The Maine Photographic Workshop Annual Book Competition, 1986
Philip Trager: New York
Annual Holiday Book Issue: New York Times Book Review
Photographs of Architecture
Annual Holiday Book Issue: New York Times Book Review
A “Book of the Year”: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1977
One of the “Twenty-Five Best Books of the Year”: Association of the American University Presses, 1977
Finalist for the Grand Prix Award at the International Festival of Photography, Arles, France, 1977