EDUCATION
1997 BA Comparative Literature; University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI American University of Paris Semester at Sea
1998 International Center of Photography, New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Family Matters”, Fotografihuset, Oslo, Norway
2022 “A New Family Portrait”, Photolux Festival, Lucca, Italy
2022 “Southern Rites”, Asheville Art Museum, Ashville NC
2022 “Gillian Laub: Family Matters”, International Center of Photography, NY
2020 “Southern Rites” Traveling Exhibition, UMBC Center for Design and Visual Culture, Baltimore, MD
2020 “Southern Rites” Traveling Exhibition, Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland ,OR
2020 “Southbound”, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
2019 “Southbound”, Duke University, Durham NC
2019 “Your Mirror: Portraits from the ICP Collection” ICP Museum, New York, NY
2019 “Modern Families”, ArtsWestchester Gallery, White Plains, NY
2019 “Southern Rites” Traveling Exhibition, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2018 "Southbound", Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
2018 “Southern Rites”, Phillips Exeter Academy, Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH
2017 "Showing (work x family)", Framingham University, Framingham, MA
2016 "Feast for the Eyes", Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
2016 "WE: AMEricans", Station Independent Projects, New York, NY
2016 “Group Show 48: Winter Pictures", Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
2015 “Southern Rites,” Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2015 “The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2015,” Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2015 “The Rights of Summer,” Ripe Art Gallery, New York, NY
2014 "Traffic," Jaffa Salon, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2013 "Perchance to Dream," Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
2012-2013 "WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; travelled to Corcoran Gallery of Art and The Brooklyn Museum.
2012-2013 “Going Out,” 511 Gallery, New York, NY
2011 "FOUR Generations," LOOK3 Festival Projections, Charlottesville, VA
2011 “The Collectors Guide to New Art Photography,” Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2011 "Fuck Pretty," Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 “Moment of Recognition,” International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2010 “This Time in America,” Gallery I/D, Miami, FL
2009 “The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography,” The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
2009 “Au Feminin: Women Photographing Women 1849-2009,” Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, France
2008 “Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children,” The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2008 "Portraiture,” Getty Images Satellite Show, New York Photo Festival
2007 “An American Life,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2007 “Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art,” The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2007 “Act of Faith: On Faith and Conflict, Ecstasy, and Excess,” Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen, Netherlands
2006 “20/30 Vision: An Anniversary Celebration,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2006 “Human Cost of Terror,” Pikto Photo Gallery, Toronto, CA
2006 “Learning from a Vast River of Suffering: A Global Human Rights Epidemic,” The Human Rights Gallery, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2006 “New Art, New York: Reflections of the Human Condition,” Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria
2006 “Schweppes: Photographic Portrait Prize 2005,” National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2005 Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2004 “Shifting the Political,” Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
2004 “Common Ground,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2004 “Water Water Everywhere,” Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
2004 “Terrorvision,” Exit Art, New York, NY
2004 “Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty,” Presented by Dove, Toronto, Canada (Canadian Traveling Exhibition)
2003 “By the Sea,” Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2003 “Flash: Swimsuits & Sports,” Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2003 “Enough,” FOAM Photography Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 “CMYK: Contemporary Color,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2003 "Central Park 150th year Anniversary," The Arsenal, New York
2002 “Advance Notice,” International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2002 “Sexuality and Voyeurism,” Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2002 “At Play,” SoHo Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY
2001 “Summer Saloon IV,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2001 “Identity in Relationships,” Makor Gallery, New York, NY
2001 “Family,” Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
2001 Paris Photo International, Le Carousel de Louvre, Paris, France
2000 “Air Conditioned,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Fried, Frank, Harris Shriver & Jacobson Collection, New York, NY
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, New Hampshire
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
Terrana Collection, Boston, MA
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
AWARDS & HONORS
2020 PDN Photo Annual, Editorial Award Recipient
2020 American Photography 26, Award Recipient
2019 Alice Austen House Award for the Advancement of Photography
2019 NYSCA/NYFA Photography Fellowship Grant
2019 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2017 21st Annual Webby Awards Winner for Best Use of Video or Moving Image
2017 21st Annual Webby Awards Honoree for Online Guerrilla & Innovation
2017 Davey Award Best in Show for Mobile Innovative / Experimental App
2017 Wood Pencil Award - As American As - Photography for Advertising
2017 American Photo 33, Award Recipient
2017 PDN Photo Annual, Editorial Award Recipient
2016 American Photo 32, Award Recipient
2015 Humanitas Prize Finalist: Documentary Category
2015 Social Impact Media Awards Jurors Pick
2015 Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, Selected Exhibitor
2015 Lucie Award Nominee
2015 American Photo 31, Award Recipient
2015 PDN Photo Annual, Multimedia Award Recipient
2014 Aaron Siskind Grant Recipient
2014 PDN, Arnold Newman Portrait Prize Nominee
2014 PDN Photo Annual, Mulitmedia Award Recipient
2014 American Photography 30, Award Recipient
2012 American Photography 28, Award Recipient
2010 American Photography 26, Award Recipient
2010 PDN Photo Annual, Award Recipient
2009 American Photography 25, Award Recipient
2009 PDN Photo Annual, Award Recipient
2008 Prix de la Photographie Paris, 1st Place for Book -Testimony
2008 Art Directors Club Annual, Award Recipient
2007 Aperture Foundation, Award to Emerging Artist
2005 Jerome Foundation Grant
2005 Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, Selected Exhibitor
2005 American Photography 21, Award Recipient
2005 PDN Nikon Story Tellers Award
2004 American Photography 20, Award Recipient
2003 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Award Participant
MONOGRAPH
Southern Rites; Damiani, 2015
Testimony: Photographs by Gillian Laub; (hardcover) Aperture Press, 2007
Testimoni: Fotografie di Gillian Laub; (Italian Edition, hardcover) Contrasto, 2007
BOOKS & CATALOGUES
Anthology of Hip Hop and Rap, Smithsonian, 2020
Photo/Work: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice, Sasha Wold, Aperture Magazine, 2020
American Photography: 35, AI-AP, 2020
WOMEN: The National Geographic Image Collection, 2019
Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South, Exhibition Catalog, 2018
50 Years of New York Magazine, 2017
Fotorelief, Exhibition Catalog, 2016
Exit.No. 49: Autobiography, 2013
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, Exhibiton Catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, 2012
Photographs, The New York Times and Aperture Foundation, 2011
Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol II, Humble Arts Foundation, 2010
Au Feminin: Women Photographing Women 1849-2009, Exhibition Catalogue, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, 2009
SP: Land, Sea, Air, Catalogue 2008
Center of Photography at Woodstock, Catalogue 2008
Portfolio: New York Photography Festival, Exhibition Catalogue, 2008
Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children, edited by DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2008
Act of Faith: On Faith, Conflict, Ecstasy and Excess, Noorderlicht Fotomanifestatie, Idea Books, 2007
Land in zicht: The World According to Vingboons in the 17th C., Exhibition Catalogue, Waanders Uitgevers, Nationaal Archief, 2007
Dateline: Israel, Exhibition Catalogue, Yale, 2007
New Art-New York: Reflections of the Human Condition, Exhibition Catalogue 2005
Recontres de la Photographie, Exhibition Catalogue, Actes Sud, 2005
Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, Exhibition Catalogue, NPG 2005
Society of Publication Designers Photography and Illustration, Catalogue, 2004
American Photography 20, Amilius Inc., 2004
Because I’m Worth It, book, poem by Paula Bennett and text by Carol Hamilton et al., Assouline Press, 2004
Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty, Exhibition Catalogue, Sandy Alexander Inc., 2004
Enough; World Press Photo Catalogue, Mets and Schilt, 2003
Fashion Photography Now, ed. by Catherine Chermayeff, Harry N Abrams Inc, 2000
SELECTED TEACHING & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Photo/Work: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice, Sasha Wold, Aperture Magazine, 2020
American Photography: 35, AI-AP, 2020
WOMEN: The National Geographic Image Collection, 2019
Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South, Exhibition Catalog, 2018
50 Years of New York Magazine, 2017
Fotorelief, Exhibition Catalog, 2016
Exit.No. 49: Autobiography, 2013
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, Exhibiton Catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, 2012
Photographs, The New York Times and Aperture Foundation, 2011
Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol II, Humble Arts Foundation, 2010
Au Feminin: Women Photographing Women 1849-2009, Exhibition Catalogue, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, 2009
SP: Land, Sea, Air, Catalogue 2008
Center of Photography at Woodstock, Catalogue 2008
Portfolio: New York Photography Festival, Exhibition Catalogue, 2008
Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children, edited by DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2008
Act of Faith: On Faith, Conflict, Ecstasy and Excess, Noorderlicht Fotomanifestatie, Idea Books, 2007
Land in zicht: The World According to Vingboons in the 17th C., Exhibition Catalogue, Waanders Uitgevers, Nationaal Archief, 2007
Dateline: Israel, Exhibition Catalogue, Yale, 2007
New Art-New York: Reflections of the Human Condition, Exhibition Catalogue 2005
Recontres de la Photographie, Exhibition Catalogue, Actes Sud, 2005
Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, Exhibition Catalogue, NPG 2005
Society of Publication Designers Photography and Illustration, Catalogue, 2004
American Photography 20, Amilius Inc., 2004
Because I’m Worth It, book, poem by Paula Bennett and text by Carol Hamilton et al., Assouline Press, 2004
Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty, Exhibition Catalogue, Sandy Alexander Inc., 2004
Enough; World Press Photo Catalogue, Mets and Schilt, 2003
Fashion Photography Now, ed. by Catherine Chermayeff, Harry N Abrams Inc, 2000
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Morrisroe, Patricia, “Annie Leibovitz, the Un-Fashion Photographer”, New York Times, November 2021
Tracy, Abigail, “‘Right Now All I Want Is a Healthy Baby”: Former Congresswoman Katie Hill is Ready for her Next Chapter” , Vanity Fair, October 2021
Rich, Katey, “Amanda Seyfried’s Golden Age”, Vanity Fair, February 2021
Ologunudu, Folasade, “In Judas and the Black Messiah, Shaka King Tells Fred Hampton’s Story in Vivid Color”, CULTURED Magazine, February 2021
Read, Bridget, “The Nightmare Share”, The CUT, February 2021
Seidel, Stephanie “Genesis Tramaine Share Survival Strategies with Curator Stephanie Seidel”, CULTURED Magazine, December 2020
Specter, Emma, “The View from Northern Pennsylvania on Election Day”, Vogue, November 2020
Specter, Emma, “Inside the Pennsylvania Bakery Whose ‘Cookie Count’ Called the Last 3 Elections”, Vogue, November 2020
Specter, Emma, “How These First-Time Poll Workers are Fighting for Democracy”, Vogue, October 2020
Carlos, Marjon “Mary J Blige Proves Staying in Power is All About Reinvention, Self-Possession and a Little Two-Step”, CULTURED Magazine, September 2020
Carroll, E. Jean, “Two Women, Two Breasts, Two Decisions”, The Atlantic, September 2020
Reilley, Katie and Ball, Molly, “As the School Year Approaches, Education May Become the Pandemic’s Latest Casualty”, TIME Magazine, July 2020
Siegel, Jacob “The Prophet: Tragedy transformed Devora Halberstam into New York City’s most outspoken expert on anti-Semitic crime”, Tablet Magazine, January 2020
Glamour, “Meet the 2019 Glamour Women of the Year”, Glamour Magazine, October 2019
Caplan-Bricker, Nora “Hannah Gadsby on Why Men Should Be More Ladylike”, GQ Magazine, October 2019
Ackerman, Elliot, A New Generation Enlists for a War Older Than They Are, TIME Magazine, October 2019
Hanlong, Greg and Aradillas, Elaine, “Jeffery Epstein’s Accusers Speak Out About Abuse and Hope to Inspire Others”, People Magazine, October 2019
Bullock, Maggie “The 2019 Vanity Fair Best-Dressed List”, Vanity Fair Magazine, September 2019
New Yorker, “Wangechi Mutu’s Female Figures Grace The MET’s Façade”, The New Yorker’s “This Week”, September 2019
FitzSimons, Amanda, “How ‘The View’ Became the Most Important Political TV Show in America”, New York Times Magazine, May 2019
Bhattacharji, Alex, “Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us Was Designed to Inspire Change”, Town & Country, May 2019