MONOGRAPHS
Philip Trager. Retrospective. Photographs by Philip Trager. Essays by Barbara L. Michaels, Norton Owen, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, and John Wood. Interview by Stephanie Wiles. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2006.
Faces. Photographs by Philip Trager. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2005.
Changing Paris: A Tour along the Seine. Photographs by Philip Trager. Architectural commentary by Thomas Mellins. Foreword by Pierre Borhan. Introduction by Diane Johnson. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Arena Editions, 2000.
Persephone. Photographs by Philip Trager. Poems by Eavan Boland and Rita Dove. Text by Ralph Lemon and Andrew Szegedy-Maszak. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press with The New England Foundation for the Arts, 1996.
Dancers. Photographs by Philip Trager. Foreword by Bill T. Jones. Essays by Joan Acocella and David Freedberg. Afterword by Mark Morris. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1992.
The Villas of Palladio. Photographs by Philip Trager. Text by Vincent Scully. Foreword by Renato Cevese. Introduction by Michael Graves. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1986.
Wesleyan Photographs. Photographs by Philip Trager. Foreword by Paul Horgan; Text by Vincent Scully, Eve Blau, and Samuel M. Green, II. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1982.
Philip Trager: New York. Foreword by Louis Auchincloss. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1980.
Photographs of Architecture. Photographs by Philip Trager. Introduction by Samuel M. Green II. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1977.
Echoes of Silence. Photographs by Philip Trager. Danbury, Connecticut: Scroll Press, 1972.
BOOKS WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY PHILIP TRAGER AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Hansgen, Karen, with Schellong, Rüdiger. Schmatz! Lunches at Steidl. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2010.
The McNair Scholarly Review. Winter 2010.
Kloetzel, Melanie and Pavlik, Caroline, eds. Site Dance, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009.
Noisette, Philippe. Le corps et la danse. Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, 2005.
Elwall, Robert. Building with Light: The International History of Architectural Photography. London and New York: Merrell, 2004.
Flesh and Spirit, vol. 6, 21st: Journal of Contemporary Photography, 2004.
Felshin, Nina. The Alumni Show. Middletown, Connecticut: Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, 2003.
James, Christopher. The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes. Albany, New York: Delmar, Thomson Learning, 2002.
Paris–New York aller-retour. Giverny: Terra Foundation for the Arts and Musée d’Art Américain Giverny, 2002.
Horenstein, Henry, and Russell Hart. Photography. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001.
The Power and Passion of Dance: Dance Photographs from the Carol Halsted Collection. Detroit: Carol Halsted, 2000.
Playing Off Time: Contemporary Photographers in Dialogue with the Past. Ridgefield, Connecticut: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999.
The Ernst Haas Memorial Collection. Portland, Maine: Portland Museum of Art, 1998.
George, Alice Rose, and Lee Marks, eds. Hope: Photographs. New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 1998.
Ewing, William A. The Body: Photoworks of the Human Form. New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 1994.
Kreitler, Peter Gwillim. Flatiron: A Photographic History of the World’s First Steel Frame Skyscraper, 1901–1990. Foreword by Weston J. Naef. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects Press, 1990.
Krantz, Les, ed. American Photographers: An Illustrated Who’s Who among Leading Contemporary Americans. Foreword by Cornell Capa. New York: Facts on File, 1989.
Sullivan, Constance, ed. Legacy of Light. Introduction by Peter Schjeldahl. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
Auer, Michel. Encyclopédie internationale des photographes des débuts à nos jours. Photographers Encyclopedia International. Hermance: Camera Obscura, 1985: New York: Crown Publishers, 1988. CD-Rom ed.: Neuchâtel: Ides et Calendes, 1997.
London, Barbara, et al. Photography. 3rd ed., Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985; 6th ed., New York: Longman, 1998; 8th ed., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2005.
Lemagny, Jean-Claude. Le Photographie Créative: Les Collections de photographies contemporaines de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris: Contrejour, 1984.
Browne, Turner, and Elaine Partnow, eds. Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators. New York: Macmillan, 1983.
Walsh, George, Colin Naylor, and Michael Held, eds. Contemporary Photographers. 1st ed. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1982; Colin Naylor, ed. Contemporary Photographers. 2nd ed. Chicago: St. James Press, 1988.
American Photographers Today. Tokyo: Tokyo Designers Gakuin College and Tokyo Photographic College, 1981.
Witkin, Lee D. A Ten Year Salute: A Selection of Photographs in Celebration, The Witkin Gallery, 1969–1979. Danbury, New Hampshire: Addison House, 1979.
Witkin, Lee D., and Barbara London, eds. The Photograph Collector’s Guide. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979.
AIGA: The Book Show. New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1977.
Ron Stark/Philip Trager. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1974.
The Art of Photography. New York: Time-Life Books, 1971.
SELECTED ARTICLES, REVIEWS, AND OTHER REFERENCES
O’Sullivan, Shawn. “Creative Journey: Philip Trager” Article and portfolio. B&W (Black & White Magazine), vol. 12, no. 74 (April, 2010): 40-53.
Jackson, George. “Dancers in Daylight.” Danceviewtimes. December 28, 2009. <http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2009/12/dancers-in-daylight-.html>
National Building Museum. “Philip Trager: Form and Movement.” Video taken December 18, 2009 at the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
Humphery, Reed Haslach. “Presence and Flow in the Photographs of Philip Trager.” National Building Museum Online (December 2009). <http://www.nbm.org/about-us/publications-news/national-building-museum-online/trager-presence-and-flow.html>
“A Life in Pictures.” Washington Life. (November 2009): 76.
AIA. “AIA Partners with National Building Museum on Trager Photography Exhibition.” AIArchitect, vol. 16 (October 23, 2009). <http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek09/1023/1023n_trager.cfm>
The Library of Congress: Webcasts. “A Discussion with Philip Trager, Architectural Photographer.” Talk given October 8, 2009 at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. <http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4781>
Merry, Stephanie. “Goingoutguide.com.” The Washington Post. October 3, 2009: 8.
Dietsch, Deborah K. “Grand and Gritty.” The Washington Times. August 9, 2009: 24-25.
Harvey, Anthony L. “At the Museums.” The InTowner. Vol. 41, no. 2 (August 2009): 10.
Longaker, Mark. “Museum celebrates ‘Year of the Photograph’.” The Georgetown Current. July 22, 2009: 31, 36.
Haslach, Reed and Laura Burd Schiavo. “A Conversation with Philip Trager.” ViewCamera, vol. 21, no. 3 (May/June, 2009): 34-42.
“Library of Congress is Repository for Photographs by Philip Trager, Now Featured in National Building Museum Exhibition.” News from the Library of Congress. July 16, 2009. <http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2009/09-141.html>
Miller, Tricia. “Photography Melds Movement and Architecture: Building Museum Celebrates Philip Trager.” Roll Call, vol. 55, no. 8. (July 16, 2009) and <http://www.rollcall.com> (July 16, 2009).
Murphy, Heather. “Philip Trager Suspends Time.” NPR: The Daily Picture Show. July 15, 2009. <http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow>
“Book: Dancers, Photographs by Philip Trager.” DLK Collection. March 4, 2009. <http://dlkcollection.blogspot.com>
Cassidy, Victor. Book Focus: Review of Philip Trager. Focus Fine Art Photographic Magazine. No. 16 (April 2008).
Times Literary Supplement (London). January 2007.
“Culture: Books.” Review of Philip Trager. Architect Magazine. January 1, 2007. <http://www.architectmagazine.com>
“Noted with Appreciation.” Lexiphane. December 31, 2006. <http://www.lexiphane.com>
“Towering Talent.” Lexiphane. December 22, 2006. <http://www.lexiphane.com>
Meyers, William. “The Power of a Big Camera with Ideas to Match.” The New York Sun. December 21, 2006.
Miller, Debora. Review of Philip Trager. Library Journal. December 15, 2006. < http://www.libraryjournal.com>
O’Sullivan, Shawn. Review of Philip Trager. Black & White Magazine. Vol.8, no.6 (October 2006).
Lapin, Mark. “Forty Years of Original Vision.” [2006] <http://takegreatpictures.com/Masterphotographers>
Damsker, Matt. Review of Philip Trager E-Photo Newsletter #109 [2006]. <newsletter@iphotocentral.com>
Damsker, Matt. Review of Faces “E-Photo Newsletter #101” [2006]. <newsletter@iphotocentral.com>
O’Sullivan, Shawn. “New Books for the New Year.” Review of Faces. B&W (Black & White Magazine), vol. 8, no. 1 (February, 2006): 56-57.
Nye, Valerie. Review of Faces. [2006]. <http://LibraryJournal.com>
“History of Environmental Dance Photography.” <http://www.danceimage.com>
Brokaw, Nancy. “The View From Abroad: Some Recent Travel Pictures.” Review of Changing Paris. Photo Review, vol. 24, nos. 1–2 (winter–spring 2001): 21
Maine Photographic Workshops, video, Philip Trager, Rockport, Maine, 2001.
Review of Changing Paris. WashingtonPost.com (2000).
Fry, Thomas K. Review of Changing Paris. Library Journal, vol. 125, no. 6 (April 1, 2000): 120.
Michaels, Barbara L. Review of Changing Paris. Art on Paper, vol. 5, no. 2 (November–December 2000): 87–88.
McDarrah, Gloria S., Fred W. McDarrah, and Timothy S. McDarrah. The Photography Encyclopedia. New York: Schirmer Books, 1999, p. 492.
The New Yorker, photograph by Philip Trager of the Miami City Ballet (July 13, 1998).
The New Yorker, photograph by Philip Trager of David Dorfman and Dan Froot (February 24/March 3, 1997).
Smith, Rosalind. “Philip Trager: Portraits of Architecture.” View Camera, vol. 10, no. 5 (September–October 1997): 28–33.
The New Yorker, photograph by Philip Trager of Elizabeth Streb (December 22/29,1997).
Zimmer, William. “At Wesleyan, Print and Photography, Jim Dine and Philip Trager.” New York Times, May 5, 1996, Connecticut edition.
The New Yorker, photograph by Philip Trager of the Everett Dance Theater (July 29, 1996).
Owen, Norton. “Dancers: Photographies de Philip Trager.” Journal Galeries Photo, no. 32 (July–September 1994).
“The Body.” Mirabella (November 1994): 60–64.
Intelligencer. New York (November 21, 1994): 18.
Berman, Janice. “Dancing out and about.” Review of Dancers. New York Newsday, January 3, 1993.
Siegel, Marcia B. “Translations,” Dance Ink vol. 4, no. 1 (spring 1993): 20–29.
Review of Dancers. American Libraries, vol. 24 (April 1993): 360.
Parry, Jann. “With Air as a Medium.” Review of Dancers. Times Literary Supplement (London), April 16, 1993.
Trager, Philip. “Kevin O’Day.” Dance Ink, vol. 4, no. 2 (summer 1993): 10–15.
Zimmer, William. “Honoring a ‘Refined Vision.’” New York Times, July 19, 1992. Connecticut edition.
Solomon, Charles. “Paperbacks.” Review of The Villas of Palladio. Los Angeles Times Book Review, July 26, 1992.
Dolgoff, Stephanie. “Free-Form Dancing under the Heavens.” American Photo, vol. 3, no. 5 (September–October, 1992).
Raynor, Vivien. “Leaving Roadside Blurs Behind, Photographer Takes Firm Stand.” New York Times, September 6, 1992. Connecticut edition.
Goldberg, Vicki. “Photography.” New York, vol. 25, no. 36 (September 14, 1992): 102–105
Seaman, Donna. Review of Dancers. Booklist, vol. 89, no. 2 (September 15, 1992): 113.
Collins, Amy Fine. “For the Image-Conscious: Fall’s Best Photo Books on Display.” Review of Dancers. Vanity Fair (October 1992).
“Openings.” Art and Antiques (October 1992): 21.
Stahl, Joan. Review of Dancers. Library Journal, vol. 117, no. 17 (October 15, 1992): 70.
Perlmutter, Donna. Review of Dancers. Los Angeles Times Book Review, October 18, 1992.
Hagen, Charles. “Paradox of Freezing the Essence of Movement.” New York Times, November 6, 1992.
Gamerman, Amy. “Photography.” Review of Dancers. Wall Street Journal, December 1, 1992.
Goldberg, Vicki. “Photography.” Review of Dancers. New York Times Book Review, December 6, 1992.
Avery, Marie-Louise. “Photography.” Times (London), December 17, 1992.
Ulrich, Allan. “When All Your Living Room’s a Stage.” Review of Dancers. San Francisco Examiner, December 18, 1992.
“The Villas of Palladio: Firmitas, Venustas, Utilitas.” Dialogo (1991–1992): 14 ff.
Raynor, Vivien. “Capturing the Range of Nature in an Exhibition on Wave Hill.” Exhibition review. New York Times, June 23, 1991.
Dalva, Nancy. “Mark Morris Comes Home.” Dance Ink, vol. 2, no. 2 (July–August 1991).
Mathews, Shirley. “Photographing Palladio’s Villas.” Photo District News (June 1990): 20–21.
Kolb, Carolyn. Review of The Villas of Palladio. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 48, no. 1 (March 1989): 285–287.
“The Villas of Palladio.” The Manipulator, no. 11 (1987).
Auchincloss, Eve. “Palladio Country.” Review of The Villas of Palladio. Connoisseur (February 1987).
Dickson, C. J. “Book Bits.” Review of The Villas of Palladio. American Photographer, vol. 18, no. 3 (March 1987): 76.
Times Literary Supplement (London). May 1, 1987.
Zimmer, William. “Photographic View of Palladio’s Villas.” New York Times, June 21, 1987. Connecticut edition.
Freiman, Ziva. “Paper Architecture: The Design of Design Books.” Metropolis: The Architecture and Design Magazine of New York (July–August 1987).
“In Debt to Palladio.” Photographs by Philip Trager. Historic Preservation (July–August, 1987): 38–41.
DiGregorio, John. Review of The Villas of Palladio. Progressive Architecture, vol. 68 (August 1987): 115.
Kessler, Pamela. “Defining Images of the World.” Exhibition review of The Villas of Palladio, Jones Troyer Gallery, Washington, D.C. The Washington Post, September 19, 1987.
Bryant, H. Stafford, Jr. Review of The Villas of Palladio. The Magazine Antiques, vol. 132 (October 1987): 698.
Wise, Kelly. “A Rich Menu of Travel Images.” Exhibition Review of Paul Caponigro, Emmet Gowin, Jay Maisel, Richard Pare, and Philip Trager, at Clarence Kennedy Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Boston Globe, 1986.
Halpern, Daniel. “Palladio and Vicenza.” Photographs by Philip Trager. Close-Up, vol. 16, no. 1 (spring 1986): 32–36.
Scully, Vincent. “Palladio in Context: The Classical and Vernacular Traditions.” Close-Up, vol. 16, no. 1 (spring 1986): 37–43.
Strand, Mark. “Bomarzo: Garden of Monsters.” Photographs by Philip Trager. Close-Up, vol. 16, no. 1 (spring 1986): 44–47.
“News of the Print World: People and Places.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, vol. 17, no. 5 (November–December 1986): 176.
Cockburn, Alexander. “Artful Presents.” Review of The Villas of Palladio. House and Garden, vol. 156 (December 1986): 33.
Goldberger, Paul. “Christmas Books: Architecture.” New York Times, December 7, 1986.
Wilson, Robert. “Focus on Photography: From Beaton to Weston.” Review of The Villas of Palladio. USA Today, December 19, 1986.
Raynor, Vivien. “Whitney Exhibit Looks Into the World of the Car.” New York Times, May 6, 1984.
Photo Profiles, Philip Trager (video), Images Productions, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1983.
Review of Wesleyan Photographs. Friends of Photography Newsletter (July 1982).
“Bücher.” Review of Wesleyan Photographs. Print Letter, vol. 7, no. 5–6 (September–December 1982): 36, 38.
Review of Wesleyan Photographs. Creative Camera, no. 214 (October 1982).
“Books Received.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, vol. 13, no. 5 (November–December 1982): 184.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Book Reviews: Callahan, Trager, Outerbridge.” Photo Show, vol. 1, no. 4 (1981).
Vision. “American Photographers Today.” Kennasuke Adaachi, Japan. 1981.
Elton, Lynne. “Philip Trager at Witkin.” Art in America, vol. 69 (February 1981): 152–153.
Kramer, Hilton. “City of the Past Star of Current Photo Shows.” New York Times, March 27, 1981.
Misani, Marco. “Books.” Review of Echoes of Silence. Print Letter, vol. 6, no. 4 (July–August 1981).
Kramer, Hilton. “Art: Manhattan, Then and Now, in 2 New Shows.” Exhibition review. New York Times, July 3, 1981.
Scully, Julia. “Seeing Pictures.” Modern Photography [ca. 1980–82].
Owens, Don. “Philip Trager.” Photoshow, no. 2 (1980).
Edwards, Owen. “Exhibitions: A Gossamer Gotham.” American Photographer, vol. 5, no. 3 (September 1980): 29–30.
Auchincloss, Louis. “City Shapes: Photographs by Philip Trager.” Camera Arts (November–December, 1980): 64–71.
Misani, Marco. “Books.” Review of Philip Trager: New York. Print Letter, vol. 5, no. 6 (November–December 1980): 26.
Halebian, Carol. “Cityscapes.” Camera 35, vol, 25, no. 10 (November 1980): cover, 36–43.
Kramer, Hilton. “Photography.” Review of Philip Trager: New York. New York Times Book Review, November 30, 1980.
Edwards, Owen. “The Photographer’s Art.” Saturday Review Magazine, vol. 7 (December 1980): 81–82.
AAUP Book and Jacket Show, 1978. Book Show Committee of the Association of American University Presses, 1978.
Sealfon, Peggy. “Following the Beat of an Inner Drummer.” Print Letter 15 (May–June 1978): cover, 12–20.
B., D. “Philip Trager: Photographs of Architecture.” Review of Philip Trager: Photographs of Architecture. Print Letter [ca. 1977].
Shirey, David L. “Ageless Architecture.” New York Times, April 10, 1977. Connecticut edition.
Fremont-Smith, Eliot. Village Voice, April 11, 1977.
Jandl, H. Ward. Review of Photographs of Architecture. Library Journal, May 1, 1977.
Nichols, Ashton. “Looking at Books.” Preservation News. July 1977: 13.
“New Books.” International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House (fall 1977).
Bloomfield, Arthur. “Buildings Posed Perfectly.” Exhibition review of New England Architecture: Philip Trager, Focus Gallery, San Francisco. San Francisco Examiner, September 27, 1977.
Review of Photographs of Architecture. Camera, vol. 56, no. 10. (October 1977).
Mellow, James. “Photography.” New York Times Book Review, December 4, 1977.
“Philip Trager.” Creative Camera, no. 135 (September 1975): cover, 314–317.
Albright, Thomas. Exhibition review of Ron Stark/Phil Trager, San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 1974.
“Trager and Stark.” Artweek, February 2, 1974.
Shirey, David L. “Making the Rounds of Photo Shows.” Exhibition review of Philip Trager, Witkin Gallery, New York. New York Times, July 1, 1972.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Photographs of Vassar College architecture, 2003–2004.
American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, 2002.
Forbes ASAP Magazine, photographic essay of architecture in Silicon Valley, 2001.
New England Foundation for the Arts, photographic essay on Northern England and New England, 2000.
The New Yorker, photographs, July 29, 1996; Feb. 24, 1997; Dec. 22/29, 1997, July 13 1998.
Dance Ink Magazine, portfolio, 1993.
Dance Anthology Project for Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Massachusetts, in collaboration with Ralph Lemon, 1993; and Eiko and Koma, 1994.
Fondation Ledoux, Arc-et-Senans, France, photographs architecture of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. 1991.
Close Up magazine (Polaroid Corporation), portfolio of photographs from Bomarzo, Italy,1986.