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Pilgrim Eye
Photographer/author: David Halpern
Introduction: Bill Sontag
Publisher: Gneissline PublishingDesigner: Carol Haralson
Format: Hardcover 10″x12″
Number of Images: 128 color and tri-tone images
Number of pages: 168
ISBN: 978-0-9788165-0-6
This book is no longer in print. Copies of the Limited edition and a few remaining copies of the regular edition are available directly from the photographer.   

Tulsa Art Deco
Photographer: David Halpern
Introduction: David Gebhard
Author: Carol Newton Gambino
Publisher: Tulsa Foundation for ArchitectureDesigner: Carol Haralson
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 204
ISBN: 0-9712078-0-1
Availability: Tulsa Foundation for Architecture,AmazonThis is not a Gneissline publication.For information, click this link and you will be redirected.

Prairie Landsmen: The Jews of OklahomaPhotography by David HalpernPublished for The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, Tulsa, OklahomaExhibition Introduction and Text by Diana Aaronsonwith additions by the photographerThis publication is not currently available.

The Carriage Road Bridges of AcadiaA guide to one of Americas Great National ParksPhotography and Text by David HalpernThis publication available from the Blurb Bookstore

Alberta SojournA photographically illustrated journal of David & Sue Halpern’s travels in Alberta, Canada, during August, 2007, with added commentary.This publication available from the Blurb Bookstore

Symphony in SandstoneA portfolio of images made in 2007 and 2004. The quest for a different perspective remains a constant challenge and the photographer attempts to express a personal vision of an often photographed subject.This publication is not currently available.

Almost Home
The Poetry of James Michael Kelley
With Photographs by David Halpern
Published by Gneissline Books
Softbound, 178 pages, available from the Blurb Bookstore
ISBN: 978-0-9788165-1-3

Around Iceland in Fourteen Days
An Illustrated Journal with text by David and Photographs by David and Sue Halpern
Published by Gneissline Books
Softbound ISBN: 978-0-9788165-5-1

Badlands
A pictorial exploration of the Badlands of Northwestern New Mexico
Photographs by David Halpern with an introduction by Spencer G. Lucas, PhD, Chief Scientist, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
Available in hard and soft cover editions from the Blurb Bookstore, 96 pages
Hardbound ISBN: 978-0-9788165-8-2
Softbound ISBN: 978-0-9788165-7-5

Bandelier National Monument
Photographs and Commentary by David Halpern Artist-in-Residence 2014-2015
Published by Gneissline Books, Hardbound, 224 pages
Available from the Blurb Bookstore
ISBN: 978-0-9788165-6-8

The Essence of Place (The Complete Catalog of the Exhibition)
Celebrating the Photography of David Halpern with an introduction my Mark Dolph, Associate Curator of History, Gilcrease Museum
Photographs, statement, and captions by the photographer
Published by The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma for the exhibition, November 22, 2016, through December 31, 2017, 104 pages, 47 images.  Contact the photographer for information.

The Essence of Place (A Portfolio of Eighteen Images)
Celebrating the Photography of David Halpern with an introduction my Mark Dolph, Associate Curator of History, Gilcrease Museum
Photographs, statement, and captions by the photographer
Published by The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma to accompany the exhibition, November 22, 2016, through December 31, 2017
Contact the photographer for information.

It Began with the Score
A Catalog of Photographs from the Archives of David Halpern
The last of five volumes cataloging images made on film between 1972 and 1998.
The images in this catalog are not found in other volumes.
Softbound, 188 pages, Available from the Blurb Bookstore
ISBN: 978-1-7353193-4-6

My Wichita Mountains
History, photographs, impressions of Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge from experiences there between 1974 and 2007.
Photographs and Text by David Halpern
Softbound, 48 pages, Published by Gneissline Books and available from the Blurb Bookstore
ISBN: 978-1-7353193-3-9

Road Trips/One Week in Texas
Text and photographs by David Halpern. The magazine discusses short duration road trips from the very candid viewpoint of the author. This issue begins with the story behind the Maui cover photograph, and describes a 2019 trip to Marfa, Texas, followed by a visit to Big Bend National Park on the Rio Grande.  Softbound, 34 pages, Published by Gneissline Books and available from the Blurb Bookstore

Recollections of Churchill
Photographs and text by David Halpern. A little book of 24 pages about a trip to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada on Hudson Bay in August 2018 to photograph Polar Bears, Beluga Whales, and the Northern Lights.
Published by Gneissline Books and available from the Blurb Bookstore
ISBN: 978-0-9788165-9-9

Richard Khanlian, May 23,1939 – November 11, 2019
A memorial tribute to a friend and fellow photographer. Photographs by Richard Khanlian with reflections by his son Luke and a reproduction of a 2014 conversation with David Halpern that appeared in newsletter of the New Mexico Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers.
112 pages, published by Gneissline Books. Contact David Halpern for information

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Photographs and Commentary by David Halpern Artist-in-Residence 2017-2018 Published by Gneissline Books, Hardbound, 224 pages
Available from the Blurb Bookstore
ISBN: 978-1-7329358-3-9

So Far from Heaven, Six New Mexico Photographers
The catalog of an exhibit in Los Alamos, New Mexico During June 2019, Photographs by Kirk Gittings, David Halpern, Tony O’Brien, Jan Paul Pietrzak, Don J. Usner, and Wendy Young. Six images by each photographer are included.
Published by Gneissline Books, Softbound, 40 pages, 
Available from the Blurb Bookstore
ISBN: 978-1-7329358-0-8

David Halpern in South Africa, 2018
Photographs of African wildlife by David Halpern from safaris in November 2018.
Published by Gneissline Books, Softbound, 68 pages.
Available from the Blurb Bookstore
ISBN: 978-1-7329358-2-2

Stories Long Remembered
A candid re-telling of personal experiences never-before shared in writing, written primarily for the photographer’s closest friends and family at their request. Not yet available for public distribution.

The Portfolios of David Halpern, Volume I, Rocky Mountain National Park Part of an ongoing project to archive David Halpern’s photography of the American Landscape over a period of 70 years. This is the first in a series of five portfolios that catalog his images made on film and presents images of Rocky Mountain National Park made between 1984 and 2005.
Published by Gneissline Books, softbound, 196 pages, Available from the Blurb Bookstore.
ISBN: 978-1-7329358-5-3

The Portfolios of David Halpern, Volume II, Bryce Canyon National Park This is the second in the series of five portfolios that catalog David Halpern’s photographs made on film and presents images of Bryce Canyon National Park and close-by Utah locations made between 1988 and 1994.
Published by Gneissline Books, softbound, 196 pages, Available from the Blurb Bookstore.
ISBN: 978-1-7329358-6-0

The Portfolios of David Halpern, Volume III, Glacier National Park
This is the third in the series of five portfolios that catalog David Halpern’s images made on film and presents mostly large format black and white photographs of Glacier National Park made in 1990 and 1992.
Published by Gneissline Books, softbound, 196 pages, Available from the Blurb Bookstore.
ISBN: 978-1-7329358-7-7

The Portfolios of David Halpern, Volume IV, Acadia National Park
This is the fourth in the series of five portfolios that catalog David Halpern’s images made on film and presents color and black and white photographs of Acadia National Park made between 1992 and 2001. It includes images of all of the bridges on the park’s carriage road system in addition to land and seascapes.
Published by Gneissline Books, softbound, 196 pages, Available from the Blurb Bookstore.
ISBN: 978-1-7329358-9-1

A Timeless Challenge
Encounters with Colorado’s Black Canyon of the Gunnison River
Photographs and text by David Halpern with an introduction by Paul Zaenger, Supervisory Park Ranger at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. The book contains 76 black and white and color photographs made between 1989 and 2018.
Published by Gneissline Books, softbound, 96 pages, Available in the Black Canyon National Park Bookstore and from Blurb.
ISBN: 978-1-7329358-1-5

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