He received his B.A. from Bard College in 2010. Following his undergraduate studies he worked abroad as a photography assistant in Israel and Berlin. Heilbronn had his first show in Paris with Galerie Polaris in 2013, since then he has exhibited in group shows in the U.S. and Europe. In 2014 the French publisher Filigranes Editions printed his first monograph, From Flowers and More. Heilbronn has been nominated for the Paul Huf Award, Oscar Barnack Newcomer Award, and the Prix Levallois. He is the receipt of the Lotos Foundation Prize, The Samuel Booth Art Scholarship, the Martha Matthias Denny Scholarship and the UCLA Graduate Division Award. Heilbronn’s practice questions the presentation of the ideal in photography and the boundaries that exist within them. He will receive his MFA from UCLA in 2018.