John Lehr (born 1975 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American photographer active in New York City.
About Lehr graduated with a B.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 1998 and earned his M.F.A. from Yale University in 2005.
Institutions that have displayed Lehr's art include the Museum of Modern Art,Moma.org The Printed Picture New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art,About the Biennial Washington, D.C.; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota;John Lehr | Worlds Away Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut and Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York.Yancey Richardson Gallery > Past Exhibitions > 2006
In a review in The Brooklyn Rail of Lehr's work at Kate Werble Gallery in late 2010, Gail Braddock Quagliata writes, "Detached and structured, the images seem free to celebrate the blatant absurdity of all manner of visual signifiers, both intentional and accidental, without the burden of melodrama."
Lehr is Associate Professor in the Photography Department at Pratt Institute.Pratt Institute Campus Directory | John Lehr Previously, he was a lecturer in the Photography department of the Yale School of Art since 2005.Yale University School of Art: JohnLehr
References
External links Official Portfolio Site Walker Art Center Artist Information Corcoran Biennial Information