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Matthew Leifheit
Born1988 (age 35–36)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationRhode Island School of Design
Yale University
Occupation(s)Fine-art photographer, magazine editor, professor
Employer(s)Freelance photographer, Yale School of Art, MATTE Magazine
Websitewww.matthewleifheit.com

Matthew Leifheit (born 1988) is an American photographer, writer, magazine-editor, publisher, and professor. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Leifheit was born in 1988 and raised in Chicago, Illinois.[3] As of 2022, only day (12) was publicly known of his exact birthdate.[4] He attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography.[5][6] In 2015, Leifheit enrolled at Yale University graduating in 2017, receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree.[7]

Publishing

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MATTE Magazine

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In 2010, while at RISD, Leifheit founded MATTE Magazine, a magazine platform for new ideas in photography which he edits and publishes.[8] MATTE Magazine often features a photographer's work, a portrait of the photographer by Leifheit, and an interview of the artist conducted by Leifheit.[9][10]

Vice magazine

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After graduating RISD, Leifheit was hired as photo-editor by Vice.[11] While a photo-editor at Vice, Leifheit put a photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe on the cover of the 2014 fashion issue.[12] In 2016, he wrote an article featuring the work of Neil Winokur, highlighting an "overlooked" photographer with work in many museum collections including Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[13][14]

MATTE Editions

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In 2018, MATTE Editions published a monograph by Matthew Morocco titled Complicit.[15][16] In 2019, MATTE Editions published Slow Morpheus, a monograph by photographer Rachel Stern.[17][18]

In addition to editing and publishing, Leifheit has also written on art and photography for Time and Aperture.[19]

Photographic practice

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Leifheit's photography focuses on the human figure and their lived environment; his work features a variety of locations from Fire Island, Key West, the crowds surrounding New York City's Freedom Tower, Providence, and others.[7] In addition to his fine art photography work, Leifheit works as an assignment photographer for a variety of publications including The New York Times and The New Yorker, photographing subjects such as Vince Aletti and Mary Boone.[20][21]

Exhibitions

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Selected solo exhibitions

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  • 2012 - Matte Magazine - Printed Matter, Inc, New York City, New York[22]
  • 2017 -Your Georgio, M.A.W. - 56 Henry St, New York City, New York[23]
  • 2018 - Fire Island Night - Deli Gallery, New York City, New York[7]
  • 2019 - Nothing More American - Florence Griswold Museum, Connecticut[24]

Selected group exhibitions

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  • 2012 - :):):) - curated by Raphael Cohen and Bea Walling, RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 2014 - AA Bronson and Michael Bühler-Rose Present ‘The Botanica,’ Invisible Exports, New York City, New York[25]
  • 2015 - FOAM Talents Exhibition 2015 - Paris Photo, Brussels, London[26]
  • 2017 - The Most Beautiful Part/La Parte Mas Bella, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City[27]
  • 2018 - The Secret Gay Box, Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles, California[28]

Awards and recognition

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  • Camera Club of New York Curatorial Fellowship, 2013[29]
  • Yale Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies, 2016[1]
  • Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Fellowship, 2016[1]
  • Yale School of Art Richard Benson Prize, 2017[30]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Res (12 November 2018). "Matthew Leifheit - Fire Island Night". Paper Journal.
  2. ^ "Let Us Now Praise David Lebe". Aperture Foundation NY. 24 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Virtual – Lecture: Matthew Leifheit: 'To Die Alive'". The University of Arizona. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Lisa (2016-05-02). "Interview: Matthew Leifheit". Tag Tag Tag. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  5. ^ "Cynthia Talmadge and Matthew Leifheit: Mirroring Energies". Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.
  6. ^ "RISD XYZ Fall 2012". Issuu. 5 May 2014. p. 87. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  7. ^ a b c Benner, Maximilian (5 January 2019). "Matthew Leifheit's 'Fire Island Night' Examines the Emotional History of Fire Island". Fstoppers.
  8. ^ Leifheit, Matthew (2015-09-18). "MATTE Magazine Presents: Photos That Don't Fit Anywhere". Vice. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  9. ^ "The Study of Magazines & the Legacy of Photographic Representations | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  10. ^ Wender, Jessie (2013-08-06). "MATTE Magazine". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  11. ^ "Pratt Institute". www.pratt.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  12. ^ Staff, Vice (2014-02-06). "Introducing the 2014 Fashion Issue". Vice. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  13. ^ "Neil Winokur | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  14. ^ Leifheit, Matthew (2014-03-26). "Depicting New York City Through Ordinary Objects: Neil Winokur's New York". Vice. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  15. ^ Honigman, Ana Finel (2018-10-30). "Living Images: Matthew Morrocco on His Intimate Portraits of the 'Rich Emotional Lives of Older Men'". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  16. ^ Morrocco, Matthew (2018). Complicit. Matte Editions. ISBN 9781732479548. OCLC 1080314247.
  17. ^ "Slow Morpheus by Rachel Stern". Citizen Editions. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  18. ^ "Rachel Stern & Matthew Leifheit". AINT—BAD. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  19. ^ "Yale University Bulletin | School of Art 2017–2018 | Faculty Profiles". bulletin.printer.yale.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  20. ^ Syme, Rachel; Leifheit, Matthew (15 April 2019). "Vince Aletti's Obsessive Collection of Seminal Fashion Magazines". The New Yorker.
  21. ^ Bernstein, Jacob (29 March 2019). "Mary Boone Is Not Done". The New York Times.
  22. ^ "Matte Magazine". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  23. ^ "Art in the Archive: "Your Giorgio"". MONROWE Magazine. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  24. ^ "Nothing More American". Florence Griswold Museum. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  25. ^ "The Botanica at Carroll & Sons (Boston) and Invisible Exports (New York)". Steven Pestana. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  26. ^ "PREVIEW Foam Magazine #42, Talent Issue 2015". Issuu. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  27. ^ "La Parte Más Bella / The Most Beautiful Part - MAM Mexico City | My Art Guides". myartguides.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  28. ^ Tarley, Phil (2018-10-18). "John Wolf's Secret Gay Box at The Tom of Finland Foundation". Fabrik Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  29. ^ "Baxter St at CCNY » Matthew Leifheit". www.baxterst.org. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  30. ^ "Photographer of the Week #199: Matthew Leifheit". Capricious. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
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