Background

Gail Albert Halaban was born in 1970 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Education

Gail Albert Halaban studied photography at Rhode Island School of Design from which she graduated in 1992. The same year, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History of Art from Brown University. Then, she pursued her education at Yale University where among her classmates were Gregory Crewdson, Lois Conner, Richard Benson, Nan Goldin, and Tod Papageorge. She obtained her Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography four years later.

Career

Gail Albert Halaban started her career at the end of the 1990s. By 2007, when she had already taken part at several group exhibitions and had some solo shows to her credit, the photographer relocated to New York City.

Feeling isolated and lonely at the beginning, she eventually realized that there was a certain type of community represented by millions of windows which could tell short stories from the life of the inhabitants. It inspired Halaban to create her Out of My Window series which boosted her popularity. Later, in 2012, the artist applied the window concept to the apartments and courtyards of Paris, France.

Another photo projects by Halaban include About Thirty, "Hopper Redux" inspired by the art of Edward Hopper, and Motherhood. She also works on commissioned photos.

In addition to her activity in photography, the artist has also tried her hand in academics teaching at such art institutions of New York City as the International Center for Photography, Hebrew Union College, The New School, and at her alma maters Rhode Island School of Design and Bard College. Currently, Halaban is a lecturer of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University.

Gail Albert Halaban has exhibited internationally, including the shows in Italy, France, Norway, and Turkey. Her art in New York City is represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery.

Achievements

• Gail Albert Halaban is an accomplished photographer whose images have been featured on the page of such publications as the New York Times, New York magazine, Time magazine, M, World Magazine, Slate (magazine), and The Huffington Post.
  
  In 2009, Halaban received Lucie Award of the International Photography Awards. In 2013, she was shortlisted for Sony World Photography Awards, and a year later received a Phase One, Sponsorship of Remote Photography Project.

Works

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  • Gold Curtains, Estados Unidos, San Telmo, Buenos Aires

  • Arriving home after the theater, San Marco, Venice

  • Rue Jouye Rouve, Paris, 20e, le 18 mai

  • Moving, San Marco, Venice, October

  • Chelsea, West 26th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue

  • Palazzo Donn’Anna, Naples, April

  • Birds, Piazza dei Ponziani, Rome, February

  • Red Kimono, San Marco, Venice, October

  • Chiclet Mansion, Park Slope, New York

  • Quai Anatole, Paris, 7e, le 26 septembre

  • Haskell’s House

  • Out My Window, Chelsea, Glass House with Dog

  • Rue du Temple, Paris, 3E, Le 17 Mars

  • Quai Anatole, Paris, 7E, 26 Septembre

  • Rue de la Cerisaie, Paris, 4e, le 3 novembre

  • Hug, Palacio de Los Patos Out My Window

  • Jill

  • Out My Window, Upper East Side, Lexington Avenue and 86th Street, Chandelier and Vacancies

  • Cour des petites écuries, Paris, 10e, le 24 septembre

  • Rue Nationale, Paris-13e, le 2 novembre

Views

Quotations: "Many New Yorkers spend much of their window gazing time looking into their neighbor's apartments. Through this voyeurism, a sense of community develops."

Connections

Gail Albert Halaban married Boaz Halaban on 8 June 1997.

husband:

Boaz Halaban

References

• Gail Albert Halaban's Official Website
• Out My Window
  2012
• Gail Albert Halaban: Paris Views The monograph continues Halaban's 2012 series "Out My Window."
  2014
• Gail Albert Halaban: Italian Views The continuation of Halaban’s "Out My Window" series.
  2019