Harvey Himelfarb (b. 1941) is a photographer, photography historian and educator whose career contributed to the development of photography as a fine art discipline at the University of California, Davis. A longtime professor of art studio, Himelfarb taught at the university from 1970 to 1998, encouraging students to explore photography as both a technical medium and a vehicle for artistic expression. His teaching influenced generations of artists, including Eve Aschheim, who studied with him while pursuing her M.F.A. at Davis. Himelfarb also contributed to the scholarship and exhibition history of photography. With Roger D. Clisby, he coauthored Large Spaces in Small Places: A Survey of Western Landscape Photography, 1850–1980, published by Crocker Art Museum in conjunction with a 1980 exhibition. His contributions to arts education were recognized with the UC Davis Academic Senate's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1982. Through his teaching, scholarship and photographic practice, Himelfarb helped broaden the university's engagement with contemporary photography.