Herbert Migdoll
Herbert Migdoll (May 11, 1934 – April 19, 2025) was an American painter, environmental installation artist and photographer who most notably served as the company photographer for The Joffrey Ballet, and later its design director, from 1968 to 2016. His work has been featured on the covers of LIFE, TIME, New York Times Magazine, Horizon, Saturday Review, Show Magazine, Cue, USIA's America Magazine, and Dance Magazine. He is the author of the pictorial book Dancers Dancing.
Herbert Migdoll
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- Name
- Herbert Migdoll
- Born
- 11 May 1934
- Birthplace
- Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
- Died
- 19 April 2025
- Place of death
- New York City, U.S.
- Education
- New York University MIT Pratt Institute Cooper Union
- Known for
- Photography Painting Graphic design
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · photographer
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Herbert Migdoll (May 11, 1934 – April 19, 2025) was an American painter, environmental installation artist and photographer who most notably served as the company photographer for The Joffrey Ballet, and later its design director, from 1968 to 2016. His work has been featured on the covers of LIFE, TIME, New York Times Magazine, Horizon, Saturday Review, Show Magazine, Cue, USIA's America Magazine, and Dance Magazine. He is the author of the pictorial book Dancers Dancing.
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• Name — Herbert Migdoll • Born — 11 May 1934 • Birthplace — Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. • Died — 19 April 2025 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Education — New York University MIT Pratt Institute Cooper Union • Known for — Photography Painting Graphic design • Notable Works — Dancers Dancing Swimmer300
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Life and career
Migdoll was born on May 11, 1934, in Jersey City, New Jersey. He attended the Pratt Institute, studying under Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, before transferring to Cooper Union, graduating in 1957. Additionally, he pursued undergraduate coursework at NYU and MIT. He was granted a Fulbright scholarship in 1968 for photography research in Denmark. He was Art Director of Dance Magazine for 25 years. Migdoll died in the Bronx on April 19, 2025, at the age of 90.
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- 1.Knight, Meribah. A Vibrant Career at the Ballet, but With a Lens and Not Toeshoes. The New York Times. 8 October 2011.
- 2.LIFE. 66. 13. cover, 3. 4 April 1969.
- 3.TIME. 91. 11. cover. 15 March 1968.
- 4.Saturday Review. L. 40. Cover. 7 October 1967.
- 5.Show. Show Magazine. Cover. November 1963.
- 6.https://www.moma.org/artists/3967-herbert-migdoll
- 7."United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9T-Q773 : Tue Mar 19 17:01:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Herbert Migdoll (age 15) and Louis Migdoll, 24 April 1950.
- 8.Nossiter, Adam. Herbert Migdoll, 90, Dies; Joffrey Ballet Photographer for Half- Century. The New York Times. June 2, 2025.
- 9.https://cooperalumni.org/2015/04/herbert-migdoll-a57
- 10.https://www.migdoll.com/artist.html
- 11.https://fulbrightscholars.org/grantee/herbert-migdoll
- 12.Herbert Migdoll. www.migdoll.com.
- 13.Herbert Migdoll dead: Artist and longtime Joffrey Ballet photographer was 91. Chicago Sun-Times. 2025-05-05.
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