Howard Greenberg
Owner, Howard Greenberg Gallery
Howard Greenberg, the owner of the New York City-based Howard Greenberg Gallery in SoHo, is one of the world's top photography dealers. He is an authority on 19th and 20th century photography, and has been an acknowledged leader of establishing its value on the fine art market. In recognition of these efforts, and his matchless collection of more than 20,000 photographs, American Photo Magazine proclaimed Greenberg one of the 25 most important people in photography in 1998.
He represents and exhibits photographs by many of the acknowledged masters, including Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, Eugene Atget, Walker Evans, Brassai, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Greenberg also represents the estates of Edward Steichen, Imogen Cunningham, Andre Kertesz, Roman Vishniac, and others. In addition, Time-LIFE recently granted Greenberg the exclusive right to sell the original prints from the renowned photo archives of LIFE, Time, and Fortune magazines.
Greenberg began his career as a freelance photojournalist when he moved from Brooklyn to Woodstock, New York in 1972. Prominent newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Woodstock Times published his work. He was also featured in a series of solo exhibitions.
In 1977, Greenberg established the Center for Photography in Woodstock, a nonprofit gallery and educational institution where he served as Executive Director until 1980. One year later, he entered the commercial side of photography by establishing the Photofind Gallery, which exhibited and sold prints. In 1986, he moved Photofind from Woodstock to New York City. Five years later, the Photofind Gallery became the Howard Greenberg Gallery.