Background
Herbert Ascherman Jr. was born in 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
photographer, teacher, gallery director
Herbert Ascherman Jr. was born in 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Herbert Ascherman Jr. received both a BA and an MAT from the University of Hartford, Connecticut, United States. He also did postgraduate work at the University of Connecticut.
In 1977, he founded the Cleveland Photographic Workshop & Gallery, a nonprofit organization of which he became the director. The Ohio Arts Council has awarded his workshop several grants. Having taught photography in adult education at both Cleveland Heights High and John Carroll University, Herbert Ascherman Jr. lectures widely and does commercial freelance photography.
Internationally recognized for his photographs of people in creative, commercial and social settings, Herbert's work has been exibited and commercially published throughout the US, Europe, Japan and India.
Quotations:
"A professional photographer is a problem solver. His obligation is to deliver a solution to the client on time, to criteria, under budget, and done right the first time".
"I photograph exclusively in black and white, and whenever possible with an 8 x 10 view camera. I print the large format negatives in Platinum, and smaller 2 1/4 and 35mm in silver gelatin".
Ascherman is a member of the New Organization Visual Arts in Cleveland, the SPE and the PPA.
Herbert Ascherman Jr. is one of the greatest American photogrpher, who favors platinum printing, 140-year-old process. His works have been exibited and commercially published throughout the US, Europe, Japan and India.