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KAREN HABERBERG is a New York City-based portrait photographer and published author. Her photography has been shown in numerous gallery exhibitions, magazines, and newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Daily News, Huffington Post, Time Out NY, Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, New York Family, and Fit Pregnancy. She has been interviewed on ABC News, Good Morning America, and NY1. In addition, Haberberg teaches photography at the 92nd Street Y and JCC of Manhattan.
For nearly a decade, she served as the Director of Photography and Digital Media at the JCC in Manhattan, where she spearheaded photography related programming for children and adults. Haberberg has also curated numerous exhibitions and collaborated with well-known photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Elliot Erwitt, Joyce Tenneson, Gillian Laub, Bruce Davidson, among others. She also frequently lectures at NYU, Rutgers, and various Health Care Organizations throughout the country.
Haberberg holds a BA from Brandeis University and earned two MA Degrees; Educational Communications and Technology from NYU and Fine Art and Photography from the ICP. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and kids, Maya and Liam.
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ABOUT ME
I love meeting and learning about people. I allow people to be vulnerable, authentic and free to express who they are in front of my camera. We are multidimensional, full of beauty, remorse, vulnerability, fear, happiness, and love. Documenting emotions is what excites me as photographer, and a human being, and it is how I connect to the world around me. Being a photographer is a gift and a privilege. Balancing getting “the shot” while making people feel safe is what makes my work stand out.
Each year I choose a personal project to work on in hopes of raising awareness for certain social causes including Transgender youths, Holocaust survivors, how social media is effecting teens, the stress gun violence is causing our youth and living with rare diseases.
My Night and Aerial Photographer gives me a chance to escape the everyday minutia and see the magic in our world. My happy place is with my camera photographing the milky way, feeling small, humbled and invigorated by the images I am making. Check out my travel website at karenhaberbergtravel.com
< MY FIRST TRAVEL PHOTO SHOOT, AGE 10
I am an award winning published author, educator and artist. My work has been showcased at various galleries and featured in numerous major publications including The ICP, and I have been featured in numerous publications including: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Daily News, Huffington Post, Time Out NY, Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, New York Family, among others. In addition, I have appeared on NY1 News, ABC News and Good Morning America as a photography expert.
I have curated exhibitions and collaborated with iconic photographers including Annie Leibovitz, Elliot Erwitt, Joyce Tenneson, & Bruce Davidson while serving as the Director of Photography at the JCC in Manhattan. I continue to teach photography and lecture at the 92y, NYU, Rutgers Medical School, and various health care organizations across the country. I serve on the board for Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation and American Society for Media Professionals.
I am available for assignments, commissions, photography workshops, and print sales.