Joseph Sterling

Joseph Sterling (1936-2010) began photographing at age eleven, in his native Texas.  Inspired by a teacher and a single photograph by Harry Callahan that he saw in a magazine, Sterling left his home state and Texas State College in 1956, transferring to Chicago and the Institute of Design.  There he studied under Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick  Sommer, receiving his B.S. in 1959 and then his M.S. in 1962. His photographs can also be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, George Eastman House, The Art Institute of Chicago, among others.