Bio

About the Photographer

Roberta Fineberg is an award-winning photographer, author, and teaching artist. Based in Paris and New York during her career, Roberta's photography is exhibited in France, the US, and Russia, and is in private and public collections, such as the Bibliotheque Nationale and Bibliotheque Marguerite Durand, both in France. In New York in 2002, she received an original work grant from the Dept. Of Cultural Affairs. The following year Print's Regional Design Annual awarded Ms. Fineberg for book jacket photography.

Beginning her career with publication in the Saturday Review followed by Le Monde, Paris Match, L'officiel Femme, Ms., Weltwoche, la Vanguardia, among other magazines, she moved on to catalog covers and book jacket photography for W.W. Norton, St. Martin's Press, Harcourt, Bookspan, and Simon & Schuster. Along the way, Macmillan published her first book, City Riders, with photos and text on girls and horses. Ms. Fineberg's editorial and commercial work appear regularly today in analog and digital media.

In 2011, Roberta launched NYC Spark Your Creativity, offering a photographic experience that satisfies a love for adventure, a desire to learn new skills, and a passion for experimentation. She leads groups in Images & Words and English through Photography; she has taught Literacy through Photography (LTP) to middle schoolers in Queens, created/taught two classes Autobiography through Photography and Shot After Dark for the 92Y/Tribeca; and conceived of Island Hopping for Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.