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Lunch Time

Between 1977 and 1980, photographer Charles H. Traub (born 1945) ventured onto the streets of Chicago, New York and various European cities to take photographs of their inhabitants–male and female, young and old-at lunchtime. Colorful and direct, animated and intimate, the portraits are shot close to the subjects, composed seemingly off-the-cuff, focusing on just their heads and shoulders. Each subject reveals something of himself or herself to the camera: the woman who takes the opportunity to pose in dignified profile or the one who…

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Dolce Via Book Release:

Damiani is pleased to announce the release of Dolce Via: Italy in the 1980s (Damiani, March 2013), featuring a  foreword by Max Kozloff and a dialogue by Luigi Ballerini. Throughout the 1980s, Traub was a frequent visitor to Italy, and the resulting book is full of striking color photographs, shown together for the first time since the mid-1980s. To purchase an exclusive signed copy of the book, visit Charles’ store here.

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Aaron Siskind: Roadtrip Photographs 1980-1988

Introduction by Charles H. Traub
New York: The Friends of Photography, 1989

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In the Realm of the Circuit: Computers, Art, and Culture

by Charles H. Traub and Jonathan Lipkin New York: Prentice Hall, 2003
From the back cover:
Broad in scope, this book provides a clear introduction to both the aesthetics and historical precedents of the multi-faceted dialog of which electronic multimedia is the latest incarnation. It tells the story of how technology has always been integrally connected to human expressionÑand gives users the tools to connect their technological practice to their cultural heritage. Chapter topics explain the foundations of digital culture, Metafora, the language of…

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New York City Youth: An Intimate Portrait, Summer Jobs

photographs by Wayfarer, Inc. (Jerry Gordon,Charles Traub) New York City Partnership, 1987
When the Wayfarer partnership was asked to photograph the young people of the Summer Jobs Program, the idea was simply stated: “Make a sensitive, and creative body of photographs that will move those who can provide summer employment for New York’s disadvantaged youth.” We decided to photograph a representative sample of Summer Jobs employees in their typical life situations. A candid, contemporary documentary seemed the most real means to express real lives….

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The New Vision: Forty Years of Photography at the Institute of Design

Edited by Charles Traub, Introduction by John Grimes. New York: Aperture, 1982
From the back cover:
In interviews and photographs, students and teachers of Chicago’s Institute of Design recall the innovative spirit and socially relevant education that have made the school a vital force in photography for over forty years.

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Italy Observed in Photography and Literature

by Luigi Ballerini and Charles Traub New York: Rizzoli, 1991
As painters, sculptors, writers, and connoisseurs have always known, Italy is the place where art and life come together. The truth of such an observation can be seen in this beautifully designed new book. Through some of the most striking photographs taken by American and Italian photographers in the past 25 years, and a selection of witty, trenchant, sometimes truculent excerpts from letters, diaries, essays, short stories and novels by 74 American and Italian writers of…

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In the Still Life

Photographs by Charles Traub Introduction by Luigi Ballerini New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, 2004 (distributed by W.W.Norton & Company, Inc.)
From the inside cover:
A photographic narrative on the human condition in the post 20th Century. Pictures taken “on the fly” in the course of twenty years of encounters with the human comedy composes this witty and anecdotal scenario.
Luigi Ballerini in his introduction points out that Traub is always questioning whether God is playing dice with the universe. Things happen, people collide and improbable juxtapositions are snapped at…

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Here is New York: A Democracy of Photography

New York: Scalo, 2002
Here is New York was founded in response to the events of September 11, 2001 and to the flood of images that resulted from it. The idea was simple: to present images of the event by as many different people and from as many different perspectives as possible. In the days following September 11, the organizers asked for pictures from photographers of every description, not only top photojournalists and other professionals, but also from rescue workers, firemen, police officers, school children…

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Charles Traub

Photographs by Charles Traub Introduction by Marvin Heiferman New York: Gitterman Gallery, 2006
From Marvin Heiferman’s essay, What’s Goin’ On:
Photography gave Traub the freedom to get close, really close to people which, given the narcissism of the time, was an opportunity they mostly welcomed. Making pictures was a way for him to punch up and elevate his every day experience, and to capture the humor, friction, and sexiness of a hyperactive and visual world characterized by the sheen of polyester, the buzz of conflicting patterns, conspicuous displays of head…