Collection ASM0530 - Michael L. Carlebach Photography collection

University of Miami Special Collections

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Michael L. Carlebach Photography collection

• 1971-2008 (Creation)

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University of Miami Professor Emeritus Michael L. Carlebach’s photojournalism career began in New York and Washington DC. Upon coming to Florida, he worked briefly as staff photographer for the Miami Herald. In 1973, he began teaching at the University of Miami, which launched a thirty-year career in higher education. Dr. Carlebach taught photojournalism in the School of Communication, reestablished the program in American Studies, and chaired the Department of Art & Art History.

 

Throughout his life he remained a sought-after photojournalist with a discerning eye for the subtleties of the human condition and the comic aspects of everyday life. His photographs have been published in Time, People, The Miami Herald, The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, and The New York Times. His books include thorough scholarly histories of photography, such as The Origins of Photojournalism in America,and American Photojournalism Comes of Age,both published by Smithsonian Institution Press.  He remains active as a photographer, scholar and writer. His latest book, Sunny Land, showcases his startling, humorous black and white images of the lesser documented “margins” of South Florida society.  He is especially interested in illuminating the lives of people outside the glare of contemporary media, and in finding and memorializing extraordinary moments that would otherwise be lost.

 

The Michael L. Carlebach Photography Collection consists primarily of black and white photographic prints taken and personally hand developed by Professor Michael L. Carlebach.  In general, the images are thematically grouped around journalistic pieces published in newspapers, or artistic topics such as portraits and landscapes. The collection also includes pieces shown in various exhibits as well as photographs made for special assignments like the George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign and the exclusive insider’s look at the Krome Avenue Detention Center for refugees in South Florida. Another highlight of the collection includes photographs dealing with the medical profession, especially children in hospital settings. In addition to photographing using 35mm black and white film, Carlebach shot color slides, vividly portraying the flora and fauna of the Everglades, historic structures such as Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, and news stories dealing with the environment. The entire collection consists of over 5,000 silver prints, color slides, and publications. Currently over 2,000 items are digitized and made available online.

This collection is open for research.

Copyright is owned by Michael L. Carlebach. Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact asc.library@miami.edu for more information.

• English

Professor Carlebach's work is also featured in the UM Libraries' Digital Exhibit:- "Sharp Focus: Photographs from the Michael L. Carlebach Collection"

Information about related materials is available at http://scholar.library.miami.edu/carlebach/

• Alcoholics
• Haitians -- United States
• Immigrants -- United States
• Political campaigns -- United States -- Pictorial works
• Refugees -- Florida -- Miami Region -- Pictorial works

• Florida -- Pictorial works

• Carlebach, Michael L. (Creator)
• McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922- (Subject)

• Newspapers
• Photographs
• Slides (Photographs)