Lisa Kereszi

Lisa Kereszi (born 1973) is an American photographer and professor from Pennsylvania.

Life and work Kereszi grew up in Pennsylvania where her father owned a junkyard in Trainer her projects have included haunted houses both operating and during daylight hours, burlesque dancers, and strip clubs. For work about home, she photographed her grandfather's junkyard, culminating in a book published in 2012 about which The New York Times remarked the junkyard was "a perfect place for an artist to be born."

She has done commissions for Yale University, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and Orion. Her commercial clients include Nike, IBM, and Capitol Records.

Publications Governors Island: Photographs by Lisa Kereszi & Andrew Moore. New York City: Public Art Fund, 2005. . Fun and Games. Nazraeli Press, 2009. . Joe's Junk Yard. Damiani, 2012. . Lisa Kereszi: The More I Learn About Women. J&L Books, 2014. .

Collections Kereszi's work is held in the following permanent public collections:

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York City