BOOKS
Madhattan, Upcoming
Ireland Ever, Harry Abrams, New York, 2004
Jill’s Dogs Pomegranate Art Books, California, 1993
A Time That Was: Irish Moments, Friendly Press, New York, 1987
Street Cops, Harper & Row, New York, 1982
Firehouse, Doubleday, New York, 1977
Circus Days, Harmony, New York, 1975
Old News: Resurrection City, Grossman, New York, 1971
AWARDS
2001 Royal Photographic Society, Honorary Fellowship
1994 Alicia Patterson Foundation, Fellowship; The Holocaust, 50 Years Later
1984 American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP), Award for Photographic Books
1983 National Endowment for the Arts, group photography grant: Lower Manhattan
1982 Leica Medal of Excellence (First Recipient)
1982 Rex Stewart – A.J.Muste Journalism Award: Street Cops
1974 CAPS, New York State Council on the Arts, Photography Grant
1973 National Endowment for the Arts, Photography Fellowship
1973 New York Magazine Photo Contest, First Prize
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Long Stories Short, Leica Gallery, Miami., Florida
2015 Long Stories Short, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York City
2013 Circus Days, Higher Pictures, New York City
2012 Street Cops, The John Jay College President’s Gallery, New York City
2011 Street Cops, Higher Pictures, New York City
2008 Resurrection City, Higher Pictures, New York City
2008 Homme et Bete, Parc de Villette, Paris
2007 A.M. Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, New York
2006 Ireland, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin
2006 Jill Freedman Photographs, Wild Wood Gallery, Beacon, New York
2006 New York New York City, Photographic Gallery, New York City
2006 Ireland Ever, M.J. Ellenbogen Photography, White Plains, New York
2002 Selected Work, Hardcastle Gallery, New York
2001 Giant Garden, Show Walls, Durst Organization, New York
2000 Selected Work, Gallery 49, New York
1999 New York City: A Look Back, Main Library, Miami, Florida
1999 Alla Vita! Villa Gori, Stiava, Lucca, Italy
1997 From 60’s to the Present, Witkin Gallery, New York
1991 Street Cops, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
1988 A Time That Was, Photograph Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
1988 Ireland, International Center of Photography, New York, traveling exhibition
1988 Biennale de Turin, Italy
1988 Troisieme Triennale Internationale de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
1986 Street Cops, Houston Police Museum, Houston, Texas
1985 Traveling Exhibition, England
1985 Traveling Exhibition, Finland
1985 National Theater, London, UK
1985 Gardner Center Gallery, Brighton Festival, London
1985 Ken Damy Photogalleries, Milan and Brescia, Italy
1985 Nikon Gallery, The Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1985 Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago
1985 Fachochschule, Dortmund, Germany
1985 Writers Week, Listowel, Ireland
1984 Fiolet Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1982 ARPA Gallery, Bordeaux, France
1982 The Photographers’ Gallery, London
1982 International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
1982 Port Washington Library, Long Island
1982 Overseas Press Club, New York
1982 Photograph Gallery, New York
1979 Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki
1978 Trockenpresse Fotogalerie, Berlin
1977 Jesus Moreno Gallery, Geneva
1976 The Nikon Gallery, Zurich
1976 University of Maryland, Baltimore
1976 The Photographers’ Gallery, London
1974 Soho Photo Gallery, New York
1974 Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
1974 Photographers’ Gallery, London
1974 Overseas Press Club, New York
1972 Neikrug Galleries, New York
1972 Soho Photo Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Bicentennial, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Pride of Janus Exhibition, Reykjevik, Iceland
2007 Disco, powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY
2007 That 70’s Show, powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Mysterium Photographicum, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Florida
2000 Scene of the Crime, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
1997 Recent Acquisitions, Jewish Museum, New York
1997 Oh Boy, Witkin Gallery, New York
1996 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1996 Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
1987 Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris
1987 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston
1987 International Center of Photography, New York
1987 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1987 Kunsthandel van der Have, Amsterdam
1983 Southern Arts Federation (traveling exhibition), Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
1983 New York Cultural Center, New York
1982 Floating Foundation of Photography, New York
1982 FNAC Galleries, Paris, Traveling Exhibition
1980 Southampton College Art Gallery, NY
1980 Vision Gallery, Boston
1980 USIA Traveling Exhibition, Germany and Italy
1980 Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil
1980 The Jewish Museum, New York
1980 Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1980 Brooklyn Childrens Museum, New York
1980 International Museum of Photography, Rochester
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Newseum, The Interactive Museum of News, Arlington, VA
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Fl
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Fotografiska Museet, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Museum of Applied Arts, Prague
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
Main Miami Library Collection, Miami, FL
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
PhotoMidwest: A Celebration of Photography, Madison, WI, Keynote Speech, Workshop, 2006
Photographic Gallery, NYC, 2006.
Professional Women Photographers, NYC, 2006
Ground Glass, Westchester, NY, 2005
Empire State College, Documentary Photography in New York City, Workshop, 2005
Queen Mary 2, Cunard Lines, 2004
National Arts Club, New York, 2000, 2001
National Press Photographers’ Assoc. Flying Short Course, National Tour, 1988
Fotoforum, Isaalme, Finland
Brighton Arts Festival, Brighton, England
International Center of Photography, New York
Catskill Center of Photography, Woodstock, New York
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago
Focus, The New School, New York and Germany
Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Photographic Resource Center, Boston
Nikon Gallery, Zurich
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
School of Visual Arts, New York
Drew University, Madison, NJ
Floating Foundation of Photography, New York
Michigan Press Photographers’ Annual Seminar, Detroit
Soho Photo Gallery, New York
Arizona Press Photographers’ Annual Seminar, Tempe
The Silver Eye, Pittsburgh, PA
Colorado Mountain College, Breckenridge
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Virginia Press Photographers Convention, Roanoke, 1997
National Press Photographers” Assoc. Flying Short Course, National Tour, 1988
SELECTED PHOTOJOURNALISM AND EDITORIAL
Time, Newsweek, Newsday, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, The
London Sunday Times Magazine, Life, American and German Geo, French Photo, American Photo, Forbes,
Fortune, Lifestyles Magazine, People, British Journal of Photography, F Magazine (Paris), Progresso Fotografico
(Italy), Camera Mainichi (Tokyo), Foto (Stockholm), Camera 35, Popular Photography, The Miami Herald,
Metropolis, Amateur Photographer, Lens on Campus
SELECTED ARTICLES/PORTFOLIOS
VICE Freedman Files, "Photos of Animals with Their Humans", by Jill Freedman, 2017.
VICE Freedman Files, "Classic Photos of a Legendary Old-School New York Nightlife Spot", by Jill Freedman, 2017.
VICE Photo Issue 2016, "Men Through the Lens of a Legendary Female Street Photographer", by Jill Freedman, 2016
VICE, "Stunning Photos of Miami as it Used to Be", by Jill Freedman, 2016.
VICE, "Miami Strippers", by Vice staff and Jill Freedman, 2016.
Jezebel, "I Love to See Men Cry", by Austin Bryant, 2016.
Shutterbug, "What's Black and White and Read All Over?" by Jack Neubart, 2016
The New Yorker, “Circus Days”, Around Town, 2013.
Le Journal de la Photographie, “Circus Days”, by Jonas Cuénin, 2013
Salon.com, “Seedy Side of the Circus”, by Allison Meier, 2013
New York Times, “Through Wegee’s Lens”, by Niko Koppel, 2008
Prophecy Magazine, New York, 2007
American Photo Magazine, December 2006, “The Underrated Masters of Photography” by David Schonauer
American Photo on Campus Magazine, November 2005, “Jill Freedman: Ireland Ever” by Krissa Cavouras
Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Spring, 2004, “Interview with Jill Freedman: Still Listening for the Train Whistle” by Ken Lassiter
Amateur Photographer Magazine, 11 December 2004, “A Vanishing World” by David Clark
Lifestyles Magazine,” “Jill Freedman: Catching Life”, by M.A.MacDonald, 1997
The New York Observer, “Rediscovering Jill Freedman”, by A.D. Coleman, 1996
New Times, “Moments in Time”, by Judy Cantor, 1996
Photo Metro, “Jill Freedman: Interview and Portfolio”, by Jo Leggett, 1993
People Magazine, portfolio “Irish Moments”, 1987
Progresso Photografico, 1985
New York Times, “Jill Freedman: Photojournalist of Passion and Empathy”, by Andy Grundberg, 1982
The Evening Sun, Baltimore, “I Cry Easily”, by Buzz Beeler, a street cop, 1982
Newsday, “Jill Freedman’s Photos”, by Malcolm Preston, 1982
New York Photo District News, “A Sympathetic Eye: Jill Freedman”, by Sharon Gill, 1982
British Journal of Photography, “Jill Freedman: An Interview”, by Liba Taylor, 1982
Popular Photography, 1982
Photo Magazine, Paris, 1982
Camera Mainichi, Tokyo, 1982
F Magazine, “Images of Women: Seven Photographers”, Paris, 1981
Lens on Campus, 1981
Artnews, “Are Women Better Photographers than Men?”, by Richard Whelan, 1980
Camera 35 Photo World, “How Photojournalists Work”, by Arnold Meisner, 1979
Popular Photography Annual, “Art and Money: Selling Out is Hard to Do”, by Edith Leonian, 1978
New York Times, “Photography Beckoned, and Now It’s the Light of Her Life”, by Laurie Johnston, 1977
Circus Days, Revue Suisse de Photographie 22, Zurich, Switzerland, 1976
Cosmopolitan Magazine, “Women Photographers: How They Live, How They Work”, by John Bowers, 1976
School of Visual Arts, “Interviews With Women”, 1976
“WORKING” BY STUDS TERKEL: “Watching: Jill Freedman, Photographer”, 1976
SELECTED REVIEWS
Artnews, review of Witkin Show, 1997
New York Times, review of Witkin Show by Roberta Smith, 1997
New York Observer, review of Witkin Show by A.D.Coleman, 1997
Wall Street Journal, review of “A Time That Was”, 1987
Forbes, review of “Street Cops”, by Malcolm Forbes, 1982
Hustler, review of “Street Cops” by Theodore Sturgeon, 1982
Newsday, review of Photograph Exhibition, by Duncan McDonald, 1982
The Bloomsbury Review, review of “Street Cops” by Roger Rapp, 1982
Camera 35 Photo World, review of “Firehouse” by Michael Edelson, 1978
New York Daily News, review of “Firehouse” by Judson Hand, 1977
New York Times Book Review, review of “Firehouse” by Richard Lingeman
LIMITED EDITION PORTFOLIO
Women’s Campaign Fund, 1978, “Ten Photographers”, Edition of 75