Background
Joel Swartz was born on December 9, 1944, in Rochester, New York, United States.
Joel Swartz was born on December 9, 1944, in Rochester, New York, United States.
Joel Swartz received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1969 and a Master of Fine Arts in 1971 from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.
Joel Swartz has taught at the Visual Studies Workshop (1972-1978), University of Rochester (1974-1975), Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, New York (1973), and Nazareth College, Rochester (1971-1973). During the past few years, he has produced children's books, providing the photography and text as well as printing them. He also conducted research in electrophotography for eleven years.