STUDIO

Max Hirshfeld Washington, DC 202.363.4660 max@maxpix.com

PRODUCER

Nina Mason 202.262.1411 nina@maxpix.com

GALLERIES

Hemphill Artworks 202.234.5601

Robert Klein Gallery 617.267.7997

SYNDICATION

Gallery Stock 212.356.0099

Redux Pictures 212.253.0399

ABOUT

I grew up in a house full of books and music to parents who survived Auschwitz and settled in small-town Alabama. My father, a child prodigy who played piano with The Warsaw Philharmonic at the age of nine, pushed me to explore the arts with a curiosity born from generations of intellectual and artistic pursuits. After five years as a staff photographer with The Smithsonian and a career-altering week at The University of Missouri photojournalism workshop in 1978, I opened a studio in Washington shooting for advertising, design and editorial clients.

In 1993, I escorted my mother on her first return to Poland in forty-six years and photographed her attempt at closure. This rare gift gave me a fresh appreciation for the power of photography and added a new dimension to my work: respect for the great traditions of documentary photography wedded to a love of humanity. Years of practice in the analog world in now meshed with a loving embrace of digital technologies and keeps me thrilled to be still shooting.

AWARDS

American Photography 2006, 2009, 2020 B+W Spider Awards 2011, 2015, 2016 Communication Arts Photography Annual 2002, 2013, 2020 Creativity 23, 36, 42 Graphis Photography Annual 2015 One Eyeland— Best of the Best 2016 PDN Photo Annual 2002, 2004 Photo Lucida—Finalist 2019 PX3—Prix de la Photographie 2011, 2014

BOOKS

Sweet Noise: Love in Wartime