Katy Grannan

(American, born 1969)

Katy Grannan is a contemporary American photographer best known for her intimate portraits of strangers. Grannan’s work is informed by memories of her own childhood as well as the photographic tradition of Diane Arbus. “I have a terror of things being nice and knowing what to expect,” she has explained. “Making a photograph is a license to have experiences that I would not otherwise have.” Born in 1969 in Arlington, MA, she received studied at both the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, before going on to receive an MFA in photography from the Yale School of Art in 1999. Beginning in the early 2000s, Grannan began posting wanted advertisements in newspapers looking for models to photograph around small towns such as Poughkeepsie, NY. With her models nude and provocatively posed, either in the open air or their homes, Grannan’s photos explore voyeurism, desire, and secrecy. In 2005, her book Model American was published by the Aperture Foundation, it features a collection of her better known series in the same volume. The artist currently lives and works in Berkeley, CA. Today, Grannan’s works are held in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

Katy Grannan Artworks

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Katy Grannan (93 results)
Untitled, (from The Poughkeepsie Journal), 1998–2000

Katy Grannan

Untitled, (from The Poughkeepsie Journal), 1998–2000

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

Auction Closed

Shana, Mystic Lake, Medford, MA (Sugar Camp..., 2002

Katy Grannan

Shana, Mystic Lake, Medford, MA (Sugar Camp..., 2002

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

Auction Closed

Anonymous, Fresno, CA, 2011

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Anonymous, Fresno, CA, 2011

Sale Date: March 4, 2024

Auction Closed

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2008

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2008

Sale Date: March 4, 2024

Auction Closed

Anonymous, Modesto, CA, 2014

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, Modesto, CA, 2014

Sale Date: March 4, 2024

Auction Closed

Pleasent Valley, New York, 2000

Katy Grannan

Pleasent Valley, New York, 2000

Sale Date: February 14, 2024

Auction Closed

Untitled (Nude with Husky) (from The..., 1998

Katy Grannan

Untitled (Nude with Husky) (from The..., 1998

Sale Date: February 14, 2024

Auction Closed

Middleton, Wisconsin, 2000

Katy Grannan

Middleton, Wisconsin, 2000

Sale Date: February 14, 2024

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Dee and Van, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New..., 2003

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Dee and Van, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New..., 2003

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

Auction Closed

Untitled (from the Poughkeepsie Journal), 1999, 1999

Katy Grannan

Untitled (from the Poughkeepsie Journal), 1999, 1999

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

Auction Closed

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2009

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2009

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

Auction Closed

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2009

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2009

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

Auction Closed

Anonymous, San Francisco, 2009

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, San Francisco, 2009

Sale Date: December 18, 2023

Auction Closed

Shana, Mystic Lake, Medford, MA (Sugar Camp..., 2002

Katy Grannan

Shana, Mystic Lake, Medford, MA (Sugar Camp..., 2002

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

Auction Closed

Jada, Sugar Camp Road, 2003

Katy Grannan

Jada, Sugar Camp Road, 2003

Sale Date: July 5, 2023

Auction Closed

Untitled (from the Poughkeepsie journal), 1998

Katy Grannan

Untitled (from the Poughkeepsie journal), 1998

Sale Date: July 5, 2023

Auction Closed

Shana, Mystic Lake, Medford, MA (Sugar Camp..., 2002

Katy Grannan

Shana, Mystic Lake, Medford, MA (Sugar Camp..., 2002

Sale Date: July 5, 2023

Auction Closed

Rhinebeck, NY, 2000

Katy Grannan

Rhinebeck, NY, 2000

Sale Date: July 5, 2023

Auction Closed

Middleton, WI, 2000

Katy Grannan

Middleton, WI, 2000

Sale Date: July 5, 2023

Auction Closed

Anonymous, San Francisco, 2009

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, San Francisco, 2009

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

Auction Closed

Anonymous, San Francisco, 2010

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, San Francisco, 2010

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

Auction Closed

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2009

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2009

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

Auction Closed

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2008

Katy Grannan

Anonymous, Los Angeles, 2008

Sale Date: May 1, 2023

Auction Closed

Corinne, New York (from the Moring Call..., 2001

Katy Grannan

Corinne, New York (from the Moring Call..., 2001

Sale Date: April 20, 2023

Auction Closed

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