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

Aaron Siskind Artworks

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Aaron Siskind (1,918 results)
New York, 1951–1951

Aaron Siskind

New York, 1951–1951

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Lima 109, 1979–1979

Aaron Siskind

Lima 109, 1979–1979

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Olive tree, Corfu 19, 1970–1970

Aaron Siskind

Olive tree, Corfu 19, 1970–1970

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Chicago, 1952–1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago, 1952–1952

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Celebrating the babe in all babies, 1955–1955

Aaron Siskind

Celebrating the babe in all babies, 1955–1955

Sale Date: October 20, 2003

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Selected images from the Harlem Document, 1932–1940

Aaron Siskind

Selected images from the Harlem Document, 1932–1940

Sale Date: October 20, 2003

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Nude, 1932–1932

Aaron Siskind

Nude, 1932–1932

Sale Date: October 18, 2003

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Harlem peace meals, 1935–1935

Aaron Siskind

Harlem peace meals, 1935–1935

Sale Date: October 18, 2003

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Untitled, 1953–1953

Aaron Siskind

Untitled, 1953–1953

Sale Date: October 18, 2003

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Chicago auto graveyard, 1948–1948

Aaron Siskind

Chicago auto graveyard, 1948–1948

Sale Date: October 18, 2003

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Pleasures and terrors of Levitation, 14, 1957–1957

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and terrors of Levitation, 14, 1957–1957

Sale Date: October 18, 2003

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Chicago 45, 1952–1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 45, 1952–1952

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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Twelve photographs, 1948–1966

Aaron Siskind

Twelve photographs, 1948–1966

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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Four photographs, 1950–1961

Aaron Siskind

Four photographs, 1950–1961

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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Six photographs, 1948–1979

Aaron Siskind

Six photographs, 1948–1979

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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Four photographs, 1951–1974

Aaron Siskind

Four photographs, 1951–1974

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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Chicago 30, 1949–1949

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 30, 1949–1949

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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Martha's Vineyard, 1954–1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard, 1954–1954

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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New York, 1948–1948

Aaron Siskind

New York, 1948–1948

Sale Date: May 21, 2003

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Appia Antica (Rome) 4, 1967–1967

Aaron Siskind

Appia Antica (Rome) 4, 1967–1967

Sale Date: May 15, 2003

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Olive tree, Corfu, 1970–1970

Aaron Siskind

Olive tree, Corfu, 1970–1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2003

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Rome 72, 1963–1963

Aaron Siskind

Rome 72, 1963–1963

Sale Date: May 15, 2003

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Apple tree 7, 1971–1971

Aaron Siskind

Apple tree 7, 1971–1971

Sale Date: May 15, 2003

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Chicago 25, 1957–1957

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 25, 1957–1957

Sale Date: April 26, 2003

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