Lieberman, Archie
Dates
- Existence: 1926 - 2008
- Usage: 1926 - 2008
Biographical
Archie Lieberman was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 17, 1926 and died in Galena, Illinois on March 13, 2008. He was educated at the Chicago Institute of Design (now Illinois Institute of Technology) where he studied with Alexander Archipenko, Buckminster Fuller, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Aaron Siskind, and he attended the Art Institute of Chicago. Lieberman worked as a photographer for magazines, advertising, and corporations working extensively for Look magazine between 1952 and 1972 and his photographs have also appeared in such magazines as Life, Time, Fortune, Collier's, Holiday, London Illustrated, and Paris-Match. In the 1960s, Lieberman taught Photography classes at Columbia College Chicago.
Lieberman was the author or photographer of more than twenty books. His photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Canada. He won numerous prizes and awards, including five from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, the Friends of Literature Award (1974, for Farm Boy), the Society of Professional Journalists’ Peter Lisagor Award (1980 for “Final Verdict”, the Chicago Book Clinic Award and selection among the Best Fifty Books of 1965 (for The Israelis), and numerous awards from photographic, typographic, and graphic design professional associations.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Archie Lieberman Collection
Archie Lieberman (1926-2008), of Chicago, Illinois, was a photographer for magazines, advertising, and corporations, including Look magazine, Time, Life, and Collier's. The collection demonstrates Lieberman’s professional work for many decades as a photographer, author, and photojournalist.