Philip Gefter

Philip Gefter is the author of What Becomes a Legend Most: The Biography of Richard Avedon ; Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe , which received the 2014 Marfield Prize for arts writing; and an essay collection, Photography After Frank . He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker: Photobooth, Aperture , and the New York Times , where he was an editor and photography critic for over fifteen years. He also served as a producer on the award-winning documentary, Bill Cunningham: New York ....See more

Philip Gefter is the author of What Becomes a Legend Most: The Biography of Richard Avedon ; Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe , which received the 2014 Marfield Prize for arts writing; and an essay collection, Photography After Frank . He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker: Photobooth, Aperture , and the New York Times , where he was an editor and photography critic for over fifteen years. He also served as a producer on the award-winning documentary, Bill Cunningham: New York . He lives in New York City. See less