Biography

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With over fifty TIME covers to his credit, Gregory Heisler is perhaps best known for these, yet other trademark editorial portrait covers and ad campaigns have earned him wide acclaim.
    
    Heisler has been profiled in ESQUIRE, COMMUNICATION ARTS, LIFE, and numerous industry periodicals. Among the kudos he has received are the ASMP Corporate Photographer of the Year Award (1986), the Leica Medal of Excellence (1988), the World Image Award (1991), and the Alfred Eisenstadt Award (2000).
    
    In 1991 he was asked to create the first commissioned photographic TIME "Man of the Year" cover in the magazine's history. The resulting controversial portrait of President George Bush paved the way for many subsequent high profile "Person of the Year" commissioned portraits.
    
    In 2002, Michael Bloomberg chose Heisler as the official photographer for his mayoral inauguration.
    
    Heisler is a sought-after lecturer and teacher. Nationally, he has taught at the International Center of Photography (ICP), The New School for Social Research, the National Geographic Society, The Smithsonian Institution, the William A. Reedy Memorial Lecture series, and at New York's School of Visual Arts.
    
    Heisler is based in New York City.