Gregory Halpern (born 1977)^[1] is an American photographer and teacher. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology and is a nominee member of Magnum Photos.

Halpern has published a number of books of his own work; Zzyzx won PhotoBook of the Year at the 2016 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.^[2] He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014.^[3]

Halpern grew up in Buffalo, New York.^[4] He holds a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts.^[5] He has taught at California College of the Arts, Cornell University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvard University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.^[6][7] He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.^[5]

Omaha Sketchbook (2009) is an artist's book portrait of the titular city.^[8][9] Harvard Works Because We Do (2003) is a book of photographs and text, presenting a portrait of Harvard University through the eyes of the school's service employees.^[10][11] A (2011) is a photographic ramble through the streets of the American Rust Belt. East of the Sun, West of the Moon is a collaboration with the photographer Ahndraya Parlato.^[12] Zzyzx (2016), named after Zzyzx, California, contains photographs from Los Angeles.^[3][13] Let the Sun Beheaded Be (2020) was made over several months in the French archipelago of Guadeloupe.^[14][15]

In 2018 Halpern became a nominee member of Magnum Photos.^[16][17]

• 2014: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation^[3]
• 2016: Zzyzx won PhotoBook of the Year, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, Paris.^[2]