Vince Aletti was born on 1945 and is a curator, writer, and photography critic.
10 Facts About Vince Aletti
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Vince Aletti wrote a weekly column about disco for the music trade magazine Record World, and reported about early clubs like David Mancuso's The Loft for The Village Voice in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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Vince Aletti was a senior editor at The Village Voice for nearly 20 years until leaving in early 2005.
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Vince Aletti worked with New York deejay Ritchie Rivera to curate a double-album disco compilation for Polydor Records, which released it in 1978 as Steppin' Out: Disco's Greatest Hits.
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Vince Aletti is best known for his contributions to fine art photography.
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Vince Aletti reviewed photography exhibitions for The New Yorker until 2016.
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Vince Aletti has curated numerous photography exhibitions, and has contributed writing for dozens of photography books.
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In 1998, Vince Aletti was the curator of a highly praised exhibition of art and photography called Male, which was followed up in 1999 by Female, both at Wessel + O'Connor Gallery in New York.
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Vince Aletti was one of the two featured writers of The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century.
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In 2005, Vince Aletti was the recipient of the Infinity Award for writing by The International Center for Photography.