CONTACT

+1.917.239.8615

contact@michaelitkoff.com

PO Box 847, NYC, NY 10116

AWARDS

  • Puffin Foundation Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ, April 2008
  • Creative Artists Fellowship, Pennsylvania Arts Council, Harrisburg, PA, January 2007
  • Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism, Eugene Smith Foundation, New York, NY, October 2006

Selected Exhibitions

  • Street Portraits, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX, May/June 2009
  • Fall Show, Civilian Art Projects, Washington DC, October 2008
  • DIVAS, Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA, September 2008
  • Overgrowth, Kenkeleba House, New York, September 2008
  • Street Portraits, Peggy Lewis Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, September 2008
  • Street Portraits, Khaki Gallery, Wellesley, MA, June 2008
  • Origins, Fox Art Gallery, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, February 2008
  • The Four Seasons, Hudson Guild Gallery, New York, January 2008
  • In the Country of Last Refuge, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, October 2007
  • Brooklyn Topos, Nelson Handcock Gallery, Brooklyn, September 2007
  • Urbane Landscape, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, TX, July 2007
  • The Human Condition, LOOK3, Charlottesville, VA, June 2007
  • Slideshow, Fotofestiwal 2007, Lodz, Poland, May 2007
  • New in Town, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, December 2006
  • Slideluck Potshow VIII, Neo Studios, New York, November 2006
  • Kaunas Photo Days —06, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 2006
  • Hey, Hot Shot Spring 2006, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, June 2006

Publications

  • Street Portraits, Charta Books (monograph), March 2009
  • Contemporary Annual, October 2008
  • Next American City #19, June 2008
  • Orion Magazine v.23 #3, May/June 2008
  • Anathema Magazine #3, May 2008
  • Gomma Magazine #3, June 2007
  • HHS! Yearbook, 2006, March 2007
  • Overgrowth, Self-published, February 2007
  • Shared Observations, Story Annual #1, December 2006
  • Manhattan, New York, 2002, Daily Constitutional #3, December 2006

Web Publications

  • Between Two Lakes, Guernica Magazine, July 2008
  • Street Portraits, Luminous Lint, April 2008
  • John Kelly III, Detroit, MI, Group Show #6, August 2006
  • Gaps in the Pavement, Polar Inertia, July/August 2006

Professional Experience

  • Daylight Magazine / Daylight Community Arts Foundation Co-Editor / Co-Founder, New York, NY, October 2003—Present
  • Rizzoli International Publications Editorial Assistant, New York, NY, March 2005—June 2006
  • Aperture Foundation Editorial Work Scholar, New York, NY, June 2004—January 2005
  • Annie Leibowitz Studio Studio / Archival Intern, New York, NY, June 2002—September 2002
  • Print Magazine Editorial Intern, New York, NY, September 2001—January 2002

Education

  • Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, B.A. Photography, May 2004
  • Slade School of Fine Art, London, England, Independent Studio Programme: Photography, September 2002—January 2003