Joseph Szabo - AMERICAN TEEN

A definitive collection of work by photographer Joseph Szabo, capturing the raw vulnerability, uncertainty, and spirit of American teenagers throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

While teaching art and photography at a Long Island high school in New York, Szabo became captivated by the intense energy of his students as they navigated their identities amidst the counterculture era. As a trusted adult figure rather than an authority, Szabo gained rare access: teenagers struck playful poses, shared cigarettes, and lost themselves at Rolling Stones concerts in front of his lens.

Refusing to romanticise or define this "almost-adulthood", Szabo’s work captures the authentic atmosphere of time and place. This volume serves as an essential career retrospective.

Includes "Priscilla, Jones Beach, 1969"—famously featured on the iconic front cover of Dinosaur Jr.’s 1991 album, Green Mind.

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