Aaron Siskind

(American, 1903–1991)

Aaron Siskind was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white, close range, and aerial photos of surfaces and objects. With the transformative properties of monochromes and their lack of scale or context, Siskind’s photos can seem both sculptural and vast or diminutive and painterly. Their ambiguity has caused spectators to “muse (sometimes in print) in front of a Siskind photograph like analysands in front of ink blots,” wrote art critic Thomas B. Hess. Born on December 4, 1903 in New York, NY, Siskind didn’t begin photographing until he received a camera as a wedding gift and soon after joined the New York Photo League. His work follows in the lineage of Bauhaus photographer László Moholy-Nagy and American photographer Harry Callahan, inspired by their formal and technical approaches to the medium. His works—which range in subject matter from volcanic lava to graffitied walls—are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., among others. Siskind died on February 8, 1991 in Providence, RI.

Related Categories

Bauhaus, Impressionist and Modern Art, Photography

Related Artists

Harry Callahan, László Moholy-Nagy

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Aaron Siskind (1,918 results)
Gloucester 1, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 1, 1944

Sale Date: June 29, 2020

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Institute of Design. Student Independent 1971., 1971

Aaron Siskind

Institute of Design. Student Independent 1971., 1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2020

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Feet (F199), 1957

Aaron Siskind

Feet (F199), 1957

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Martha's Vineyard III, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard III, 1954

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Chicago 4, 1948

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 4, 1948

Sale Date: December 21, 2020

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Chicago 56, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 56, 1960

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Auditorium Building, 1950

Aaron Siskind

Auditorium Building, 1950

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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Virgin Gorda #64, 1978

Aaron Siskind

Virgin Gorda #64, 1978

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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Arapan #4, 1955

Aaron Siskind

Arapan #4, 1955

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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Peru #279, 1983

Aaron Siskind

Peru #279, 1983

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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Chicago #14, 1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago #14, 1952

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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Aaron Siskind: 75th Anniversary Portfolio, 1936–1976

Aaron Siskind

Aaron Siskind: 75th Anniversary Portfolio, 1936–1976

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Selected Images, 1950–1973

Aaron Siskind

Selected Images, 1950–1973

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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A suite of 10 abstract expressionist..., 1944–1975

Aaron Siskind

A suite of 10 abstract expressionist..., 1944–1975

Sale Date: October 22, 2020

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'MARTHA'S VINEYARD STUDIES', 1954, 1954

Aaron Siskind

'MARTHA'S VINEYARD STUDIES', 1954, 1954

Sale Date: October 14, 2020

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Chicago 56, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 56, 1960

Sale Date: October 24, 2020

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Martha's Vineyard, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard, 1954

Sale Date: October 14, 2020

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Durango 8, 1961, 1961

Aaron Siskind

Durango 8, 1961, 1961

Sale Date: October 14, 2020

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation..., 1953–1956

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation..., 1953–1956

Sale Date: October 14, 2020

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Kentucky #5, 1951, 1951

Aaron Siskind

Kentucky #5, 1951, 1951

Sale Date: October 2, 2020

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Chicago #22, 1960, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago #22, 1960, 1960

Sale Date: October 2, 2020

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New York #242, 1978, 1978

Aaron Siskind

New York #242, 1978, 1978

Sale Date: October 2, 2020

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Chicago 20, 1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 20, 1952

Sale Date: October 6, 2020

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Aaron Siskind

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Sale Date: October 1, 2020

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