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"Mr. Folberg first drew wide attention with "And I Shall Dwell Among Them," a book of historic synagogues of the world. The presence of their congregations was palpable even in sanctuaries that had not been in use for centuries. The landscapes of "In a Desert Land: Photographs of Israel, Egypt, and Jordan," showed what an apt student Mr. Folberg had been when he studied with Ansel Adams. His third book, "Celestial Nights: Visions of an Ancient Land," contained mystical black-and-white photographs of ruins at archaeological sites in the Near East crowned with dazzling arrays of stars. "Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists" is another turning point for Neil Folberg: It brings us up sharp with its evocation of another time and another place, and its profound questions about originality, tradition, and the estimation of beauty."
-William Meyers, New York Sun
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"Mr. Folberg created a body of photographs "about the lives and world of the French Impressionist painters." There has been lively intercourse between painters and photographers since photography came into being, but I am not aware of another project as extensive and thorough as Mr. Folberg's. He immersed himself in the culture and history of late 19th century France and the lives and works of the Impressionists... Not just their paintings and drawings and writings, but the actual landscapes they painted, the living rooms and ateliers where they lived and worked, and their flesh-and-blood descendants. To a remarkable degree he became one with them and the photographs he took are in effect an extension of the Impressionist oeuvre. If Mr. Folberg had to time-travel back to 19th-century France to learn how it's done — the coloring, the lighting, the relaxed postures — he has returned with wonderful souvenirs from his trip."
-William Meyers, New York Sun