ABOUT
Max Hirshfeld is recognized as a master at capturing decisive moments while revealing the humanity of his subjects. Born in North Carolina, he grew up in Decatur, Alabama, and studied photography at George Washington University. After five years as a staff photographer with the Smithsonian, he opened a studio shooting advertising, design, and editorial commissions. In 2018, Hirshfeld was part of Du Quotidien — a team project commissioned by Art in Embassies, US Department of State — and contributed over forty portraits of university students for the new US Embassy in Niger. His first book — Sweet Noise: Love in Wartime — was published by Damiani in 2019. In it, Hirshfeld shares photographs of his mother's first return to Poland after forty-six years and letters his parents wrote to each other during a lengthy, post-war separation.
WRITINGS / PODCASTS / INTERVIEWS
ABOUT Photography
BLIND Magazine/Hirshfeld
BLIND Magazine/Avedon
Communication Arts
Podcast - Frames Magazine
George Washington University Alumni In Focus
The Leica Camera Blog
COLLECTIONS
Art In Embassies / City of Washington / Hogan Lovells / Kreeger Museum / National Portrait Gallery / Sidley / Sonnenschein / The Washington Post Collection / Yad Vashem Museum
RECOGNITION
American Photography
Architecture Masterprize
Blind Magazine
B+W Spider Awards
Communication Arts
Creative Quarterly
Dodho Magazine
Eyemazing
FotoNostrum Magazine
FRAMES Magazine
GRAPHIS
Jewish Book Council
Leica Fotografie
L'oeil de la Photographie
One Eyeland
PDN Photography Annual
Photo Lucida
Prix de la Photographie
The Jewish Chronicle
The Washington Post