Name: David Lebe

Place of Birth: New York, NY

Education:
No degree but from 1966 – 1970 I studied photography at the Philadelphia College of Art (PCA) which is now the University of the Arts (UArts)

Significant or special training:
1962 – 1966: High School of Music & Art (Harlem, NYC)

Notable or memorable instructors or mentors:
Barbara Blondeau, Ray K. Metzker, Thomas Porett

Particular field of study or class work:
Photography

Major influences/admired artists:
EARLY ON:

• The streets of NYC (where I grew up)
• Life magazine and advertising of the 1950s & 60s
• The Family of Man Show at MOMA
• The permanent collections on view in the 1960s at MOMA and the Met.
• A special nod to Matisse, Miro & Picasso
• Robert Frank, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Barbara Bloudeau, Ray Metzker, Harry Callahan, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

LATER ON:

• David Hockney, Tom Nowakowski, and many others

Favorite materials or media:
Photographic

School or university affiliation (when Convention Center acquired artwork):
1972 – 1990, I taught Photography at the Philadelphia College of Art (PCA) which in 1985 became the University of the Arts

Gallery Representation (when Convention Center acquired artwork):
Paul Cava Fine Arts