Gregory Halpern grew up in Buffalo, New York where he still makes most of his photographs. In 2011 A, his third book of photographs was published by J&L Books. He received a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. He currently lives in Rochester, New York with his wife Ahndraya Parlato and their cat, Lucy, and teaches photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Harvard University Graduate  School of Design.