After graduating from
City College of New York, he joined the
Film and Photo League where he earned his living documenting paintings. In 1936, he co-founded the
Photo League in New York City with
Sid Grossman. Libsohn was an important teacher at the league as well as a member and leader of numerous production groups. In addition to freelance work for numerous magazines, he also was employed by
Roy Stryker for the documentary project of
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (later Exxon), the
Federal Art Project, and
Princeton University, where he taught art and photography to disadvantaged youth in the Summer Program. ==Death==