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)
Kentucky,, 1951

Aaron Siskind

Kentucky,, 1951

Sale Date: May 3, 2015

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California, 1975

Aaron Siskind

California, 1975

Sale Date: April 10, 2015

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Badlands 72, 1970

Aaron Siskind

Badlands 72, 1970

Sale Date: April 10, 2015

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Harlem (Home Cooked Meals), 1930–1939

Aaron Siskind

Harlem (Home Cooked Meals), 1930–1939

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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Aaron Siskind

"Lithuanian Storefront" on a Christmas..., 1952

Sale Date: February 19, 2015

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Tar Abstracts /Portfolio of Six..., 1986–1988

Aaron Siskind

Tar Abstracts /Portfolio of Six..., 1986–1988

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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New York 91, 1974

Aaron Siskind

New York 91, 1974

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Jalapa 47, 1974

Aaron Siskind

Jalapa 47, 1974

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Jalapa 14

Aaron Siskind

Jalapa 14

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Rome 67, 1967

Aaron Siskind

Rome 67, 1967

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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New York I, 1951

Aaron Siskind

New York I, 1951

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Gloucester 1H, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 1H, 1944

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Untitled, 1939–1941

Aaron Siskind

Untitled, 1939–1941

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Frank Lloyd Wright, Robie House (pair)

Aaron Siskind

Frank Lloyd Wright, Robie House (pair)

Sale Date: January 10, 2015

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New York 329, 1978

Aaron Siskind

New York 329, 1978

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Jalapa 6 (Homage to F.K.), 1973

Aaron Siskind

Jalapa 6 (Homage to F.K.), 1973

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Rome 150 (Homage to F.K.), 1973

Aaron Siskind

Rome 150 (Homage to F.K.), 1973

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 58, 1956

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 58, 1956

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Façade, John Borden House, Chicago, 1950–1959

Aaron Siskind

Façade, John Borden House, Chicago, 1950–1959

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Volcano 67, 1980

Aaron Siskind

Volcano 67, 1980

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Martha's Vineyard 108, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard 108, 1954

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Jalapa 66 (H to F.K), 1974

Aaron Siskind

Jalapa 66 (H to F.K), 1974

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 477, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 477, 1954

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 65, 1956

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 65, 1956

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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