Martus Granirer

Background

Martus Granirer was born on February 19, 1933 in New York City, New York, United States.

Education

Martus Granirer is self-taught in photography. He attended Harvard University (1950-1952), Columbia School of General Studies as a philosophy major (1953- 1955), Brooklyn Law School (1955-1957) and Columbia University Graduate School's Master of Fine Arts program in motion pictures (1956-1957).

Career

Self-employed as a freelance photographer, Martus Granirer previously taught at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, as artist-in-residence (1976), and at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a visiting professor (1971-1972). He was a lecturer at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, from 1968 to 1969, where he founded their photography program. From 1965 to 1969 he was an instructor and later an associate professor at the Philadelphia College of Art.

Membership

• Society for Photographic Education

• Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

• Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers

• Illuminating Engineering Society