Arlene Gottfried, born in Brooklyn, graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and worked as a photographer at an ad agency before freelancing for top publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Life, and The Independent in London. Gottfried has exhibited at the Leica Gallery in New York and in Tokyo, and at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., among others. Her photographs can be found in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The New York Public Library, and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Berenice Abbott International Competition of Women's Documentary Photography. Gottfried is the author of Midnight (powerHouse Books, 2003) and The Eternal Light (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1999). A lecturer and a teacher, Gottfried lives and works in New York City.
 

 
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

"Bitter Sweet" Alice Austen House, March 6 - May 11, 2008

"Midnight" BCA Gallery The Gatehouse, Bedford, England, October 9, 2006

"Midnight" Space Gallery   London, June 9 -July 16 2005

"Midnight" Internationale Fototage, Mannheim, Germany June 16 -July 10. 2005.

"The Eternal Light" Associazione Culturale Magister Ludi , Milano "2003"

"The Eternal Light"& Midnight, Baldwin Art Galleries, Tenn.   "2003"

"The Eternal Light" Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Mo. 9 / 02- 1 /03

"The Eternal Light" Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA   2002

"The Eternal Light," Leica Gallery,   Tokyo, Japan. 2001

"The Eternal Light," Leica Gallery,   New York,   NY.   1999

"The Eternal Light," Maison Valdotaine de Photographie, Aosta, Italia. 1998

"One Woman Show," York College, Jamaica, NY. 1998

"The Eternal Light," Musee Arthur Batut, Labrugiere, France. 1997

"The Eternal Light," Il Diaframma Galleria, Milan, Italy. 1996

"The Eternal Light," FNAC Galeries Photo, Montparnasse, Paris, France. 1995

Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Columbia. 1994

"The Eternal Light," Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida. 1993

"Bacalaitos and Fireworks," Union Square Gallery, New York, NY. 1991

Guta de Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal. 1990

Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, NY. 1990

"Puerto Rico," Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY. 1983

Midtown Y Gallery, New York, NY. 1983

"Portraits," Alternative Museum, New York, NY. 1980

"Coney Island," Foto Gallery, New York, NY. 1977

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

"Acts of Faith", Noorderlicht, The Netherlands. 2007

"Midtown Y", New York Public Library. 2007

"One on One", Minneasota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN. 2007

"70's Disco", powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY. 2007

"Images of Color", Bellevue Hospital Center, NYC. 2006

" Salon Exhibition", Bellevue Hospital Center, NYC. 2006

"Holiday Exhibition", Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne Germany. 2006

" Night Life New York",   Tanqueray Ten-NYFA. 2003

"Game Face," Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 2001

"Women in Documentary Photography," Springfield Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. 2000

"Dancing Through Time," Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy. 2000

"New York Now 2000," The Museum of the City of New York. 2000

"The Power of the Photograph," Hudson Guild, New York, NY. 1999

"A Summer Wedding," Leica Gallery, New York, NY. 1998

"Inside These Walls," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. 1998

"Living for the City," Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. 1997

"Snapshots," FNAC Galeries Photo, Paris, France. 1992

"Bacalaitos and Fireworks," Centro de Estudios de Fotografos, Vigo, Spain. 1992

"Women Photographers: New York/Tokyo," Nikon House, New York, 1989

"Inside Out Self Beyond Likeness," Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1980-82

"Portraiture in Light," Rheinisches Landes Museum, Bonn, Germany. 1982

Cafeteria Show, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. 1982

"New York at Night," Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY. 1983

 

PUBLICATIONS

"Sometimes Overwhelming ", powerHouse Books, New York. 2008

"Nash Editions Photography and the Art of Digital Printing", Nash Editions. 2007

The New Yorker, New York, NY. 2006

"Midnight", powerHouse Books, New York. 2003

"The Spirit of Family, " Al & Tipper Gore , Henry Holt, New York. 2002

"The Eternal Light", Dewi Lewis Publishing, Manchester, England . 1999

The New York Sunday Times Magazine, New York, NY. 1982 -

Newsweek, New York, NY & Tokyo, Japan., Arabic   2000, 2005

New York Magazine, New York, NY. 1972.  2004

Life Magazine, New York, NY.     1988 - 1997             

American Photography 16, New York, NY. 2000

Della Republicca, Milano, Italy. 2000

DoubleTake, Boston, Massachusetts. 1996 & 1998

The Observer, London, England. 1992 & 1998

Fotopractica, Italy. 1992

Fortune Magazine, New York, NY. 1984 -

The Independent Magazine, London, England. 1992, 1993 & 1999

Leica Fotografie International, Germany. 1992

Meaning of Life, Time/ Life Books, 1992

People, New York, NY. 1994

"Gods Yes is Louder than My No" - 1994

Popular Photography, New York, NY. 1994

London Sunday Telegraph Magazine, London, England. 1991

La Fotografia, Barcelona, Spain. 1991

London Sunday Telegraph Magazine, London, England. 1991

Photo District News, New York, NY. 1993

L'Uomo, Italy, Milano. 1993

Parade, New York, NY. 1990

Mothers and Daughters, Aperture, 1987

The Family of Children, Ridge Press, New York, NY. 1977

The Americas Review, Arte Publico Press, Houston, Texas. 1986

Lichtbildwisse Das Portrait in Fotografie, Germany

Rolling Stone, New York, NY. 1982

 

COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. 2006

Jorge Paiva private collector , Brazil   2004

Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 2002

The Jewish Museum, New York, NY. 2001

Maison Valdotaine de Photographie, Aosta, Italia. 1998

Musee Arthur Batut, Labrugiere, France. 1997

The New York Public Library, New York, NY. 1997

FNAC Galeries Photo, Paris, France. 1991 & 1996

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. 1994

Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida. 1993

Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France. 1992

The New York Public Library, New York, NY. 1992

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. 1992

Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris, France. 1991

Johnson & Johnson, New Jersey. 1980

Chase Manhattan Banks, New York, NY. 1979

& various private collections.

 

AWARDS

Hasselblad Masters Finalist, 2008

The Manhattan Community Arts Fund - Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 2001

Bernice Abott International Competition of Womens Documentary

Photography, Purchase Award 2000,

American Photograpy 1984, 2002

Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography, finalist 1999 & 2000

Maine Photographic Workshop, 1994

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, 1994

Excellence in Photojournalism, Society of Newspaper Design, 1984

Creative Artists Public Service Award Fellowship, 1982

 

LECTURES & TEACHING

Minneasota Center for Photography. 2007

Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. 2007

York College, City University of New York. 1998 - 2006

Empire State College, New York, New York. 1984, 2006

Space Gallery, London, England. 2005

Internationale, Fototage, Mannheim, Germany. 2005

Lehigh University, 2001

Haverford College, Distinguished Visitor, 2001

International Center of Photography, 2001

School of Media London College of Printing, "NEW DOCUMENTARY," January, 2000 - London, England.

York College, City University of New York, 1998-2000, 2001

New York University, New York, NY. 1994 - 2001

Il Diaframma Galleria, Milano, Italy. 1996

Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 1995

Queensborough Community College - Women on Photography. 1994

Professional Women Photographers, New York, NY. 1994

El Tiempo, Bogota, Colombia. 1994

Universidad National de Medellin, Colombia. 1994

Club Photographic de Medellin. Medellin, Colombia. 1994

Instituto de Bellas Artes de Carthagena, Colombia. 1994

Universidad de Jorge Todeo Lozano Carthegena, Colombia. 1994

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. 1985

New School for Social Research, New York, NY. 1984