Steven Kasher

Steven Kasher is a gallery owner, writer, curator, and publisher. His gallery specializes in social/historical/artistic photography, especially of the 1950s-1980s, and represents contemporary photographers as well. He is the author of The Civil Rights Movement: A Photographic History, 1954-68 (Abbeville, 1996) and of America and the Tintype (Steidl/ICP, 2008), as well as numerous essays about art and photography. He has curated exhibitions about the Civil Rights Movement for over 20 institutions worldwide. He is co-editor, co-designer, and co-publisher (with Steidl) of books about Mike Disfarmer (2005), American mugshots (2006), Albert Maysles (2007), and Chauncey Hare (2008). Kasher is the gallery representative of the National Geographic Archive. His website, stevenkasher.com, features over 40 exhibitions.