Background
Stephen B. Gersh was born on March 31, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Stephen B. Gersh was born on March 31, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Stephen B. Gersh received an Master of Arts in Creative Photography from Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, in 1976. He also studied at Syracuse University, New York (1959-1962).
In 1975 Stephen Gersh co-founded and became director of Essex Photographic Workshop, Inc., Essex, Massachusetts. He also directed the Goddard Master's Program at Essex Photographic Workshop (1976-1978) and has been a consultant to Polaroid Corporation's Marketing Division since 1975. He previously was director of the New England School of Photography in Boston (1972-1975) and taught photography at M.I.T., Cambridge (1966-1967).