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)
Rusty pipe, 1972–1972

Aaron Siskind

Rusty pipe, 1972–1972

Sale Date: May 20, 2004

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Martha's Vineyard (Rocks), 1954–1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard (Rocks), 1954–1954

Sale Date: May 20, 2004

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Church interior, Harlem, 1938–1938

Aaron Siskind

Church interior, Harlem, 1938–1938

Sale Date: May 20, 2004

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Chicago 7, 1960–1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 7, 1960–1960

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Untitled (Sand abstraction, Martha's..., 1948–1948

Aaron Siskind

Untitled (Sand abstraction, Martha's..., 1948–1948

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Untitled (Sand abstraction, Martha's..., 1948–1948

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Untitled (Sand abstraction, Martha's..., 1948–1948

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Untitled (Guitar and grafitti)

Aaron Siskind

Untitled (Guitar and grafitti)

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Club Barron, Harlem, 1937–1937

Aaron Siskind

Club Barron, Harlem, 1937–1937

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Chicago 85, 1953–1953

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 85, 1953–1953

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Untitled (Sand abstraction, Martha's..., 1945–1950

Aaron Siskind

Untitled (Sand abstraction, Martha's..., 1945–1950

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Rome 66, 1963–1963

Aaron Siskind

Rome 66, 1963–1963

Sale Date: April 27, 2004

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Gloucester 1H, 1944–1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 1H, 1944–1944

Sale Date: April 27, 2004

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Kentucky 15, 1951–1951

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Kentucky 15, 1951–1951

Sale Date: April 24, 2004

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Black boy, Harlem, 1933–1933

Aaron Siskind

Black boy, Harlem, 1933–1933

Sale Date: April 19, 2004

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North Carolina, 30, 1951–1951

Aaron Siskind

North Carolina, 30, 1951–1951

Sale Date: February 17, 2004

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Chicago, 1949–1949

Aaron Siskind

Chicago, 1949–1949

Sale Date: February 17, 2004

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Lima 80, 1975

Aaron Siskind

Lima 80, 1975

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Providence 44, 1986

Aaron Siskind

Providence 44, 1986

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Providence 78, 1986

Aaron Siskind

Providence 78, 1986

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Chicago, 1949

Aaron Siskind

Chicago, 1949

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Chicago 22, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 22, 1960

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Chicago 29, 1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 29, 1952

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Chicago 71, 1960–1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 71, 1960–1960

Sale Date: November 27, 2003

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Shadows piercing an architectural composition

Aaron Siskind

Shadows piercing an architectural composition

Sale Date: November 8, 2003

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