Celebrated documentary photographer Elliott Erwitt was born in Paris in 1928 and spent his childhood in Milan before moving to the United States in 1939. The son of Jewish-Russian immigrants,…
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Sandy Skoglund creates surrealist images by building elaborate sets or tableaux, furnishing them with carefully selected colored furniture and other objects, a process of which takes her months to complete.…
Drawing upon art historical sources and Eastern and Western decorative traditions, Fred Tomaselli's works explode in mesmerizing patterns that appear to grow organically across his compositions. Starting in 2005, Tomaselli…
Ben Schonzeit was born in Brooklyn in 1942 and developed a love and talent for painting and composition from an early age. He attended Cooper Union in New York City…
Harry Benson was born in Glasgow amid the drama of WWII with bombs dropping overhead, but Benson managed to escape through the lens of a camera. His curious fortune struck…
Arguably one of the most important artists of the 21st century, John Baldessari has and continues to create works that disorient cultural iconography. The series Shape of Reason Missing was…
Jo Whaley has lifelong roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, having earned advanced degrees in Art and Photography from the University of California, Berkeley by 1980.…
You have been called the greatest living photographer of America’s social and geographical landscape. How did you choose your subject, and why?…
Bhupendra Karia was schooled in Bombay, did graduate work in Japan, married Mary Anne from Boston, settled in New York City. Their son Timir is now living in Amsterdam.…
Renowned nautical and nature photographer Michael Kahn’s fascination with both sailing and photography emerged during his formative years learning to sail and experimenting with photography. Kahn finally merged his two…