Herbert Migdoll

Herbert Migdoll was an American painter, environmental installation artist and photographer who most notably served as the company photographer for The Joffrey Ballet, and later its design director, from 1968 to 2016. His work has been featured on the covers of LIFE, TIME, New York Times Magazine, Horizon, Saturday Review, Show Magazine, Cue, USIA's America Magazine, and Dance Magazine. He is the author of the pictorial book Dancers Dancing. His work may be found in the collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art.

Life and career

Migdoll was born on May 11, 1934, in Jersey City, New Jersey. He attended the Pratt Institute, studying under Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, before transferring to Cooper Union, graduating in 1957. Additionally, he pursued undergraduate coursework at NYU and MIT. He was granted a Fulbright scholarship in 1968 for photography research in Denmark.
He was Art Director of Dance Magazine for 25 years. Migdoll died in the Bronx on April 19, 2025, at the age of 90.