I grew up in a house full of books and music to parents who survived Auschwitz and settled in small town Alabama. My father, a child prodigy who played with The Warsaw Philharmonic at the age of nine, pushed me to explore the arts with a curiosity born from generations of intellectual and artistic pursuits. After five years as a staff photographer with The Smithsonian and a career-altering week at The University of Missouri photojournalism workshop in 1978, I opened a studio in Washington shooting for advertising, design and editorial clients.
In 1993, I accompanied my mother on her first return to Poland in forty-six years and photographed her attempt at closure. This rare gift gave me a fresh appreciation for the power of photography and added a new dimension to my work: respect for the great traditions of documentary photography wedded to a love of humanity. Years of practice in the analog world is now meshed with a loving embrace of digital technologies and keeps me thrilled to be still shooting.
SUPPORT
Gallery Stock
Hemphill Fine Arts
One Eyeland
Redux Pictures
Visura
Wonderful Machine
AWARDS
American Photography 2006, 2009
B+W Spider Awards 2011, 2015, 2016
Creative Quarterly 23, 36, 42
Communication Arts Photo Annual 2002, 2013
GRAPHIS Photo Annual 2015
One Eyeland - Best of the Best 2016
PDN Photo Annual 2002, 2004
PhotoLucida—Critical Mass 2008
PX3—Prix de la Photographie Paris 2011, 2014
PRESS
Dodho Magazine Looking at Looking
Leica Blog Illuminaries
PDN How I Got That Shot
This Is The What
Washington City Paper One Shot
Washington Post The Viewer's In The Picture Too
EYEMAZING One Shot
CONTACT
Max Hirshfeld max@maxpix.com
202.363.4660
202.262.1515
Nina Mason / Producer nina@maxpix.com
202.363.4660
202.262.1411