Norman Lerner

Born in 1927, photographer, painter, educator, Norman Lerner has been visually exploring the world about him since 1952. Although he is best known internationally through his photography, his interests are very eclectic. Throughout the 50"s, 60's and early '70s his fashion, editorial, and commercial photography appeared in such magazines as GQ, Glamour, Look and leading photography publications. As an educator he lectured frequently and established the first degree program in Fashion Photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. He is also Professor Emeritus from the California Polytechnic State University. While there he was gallery art director and also served as director of photographic studies. His work has been exhibited frequently and in the late fifties was shown at the Limelight Gallery, one of the early galleries showing photography in NYC. As his nature, he always experimented in not only pushing the boundaries of the photographic process but also in the way he expressed himself. At Cal Poly, he no longer had to meet closing magazine deadlines and started to quietly pursue the adventure of painting which he continues to this day. Depending on how he feels he could be painting one day and photographi...

BA, NYU, Psychology and History
MA, NYU, Mass Communications
610 C, Doctoral Studies Program in Contemporary Art, NYU

Museum of Modern Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
deCordova Museum of Art
Schacknow Museum of Fine Arts
Housatonic Museum of Art