Mitch Epstein

(American, born 1952)

Mitch Epstein is an American photographer known for his serial works which investigate specific places. Epstein’s project American Power (2003–2007), critically documents society’s relationship to the industrial landscape. “I would say the culture of the built environment is always something that has engaged my attention,” he has explained. “My pictures are largely drawn from my experience in the real world, and wherever I go, I’m navigating the built environment.” Born in 1952 in Holyoke, MA, he studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and Cooper Union in New York. While at Cooper Union, his professor was the street photographer Garry Winogrand, whose work, along with the color photos of William Eggleston, Epstein greatly admired. In the mid-1970s, the artist finished school and began a photographic exploration of the United States. Over the following decades, he examined locations around the world, including India and Vietnam. Returning to America in the late 1990s, Epstein produced The City (1997), a project which probed the complex relationship between private and public life in New York. This was followed by the deeply personal photobook Family Business (2003), in which the artist captured the demise of his father’s furniture store and real estate business. He continues to live and work in New York, NY. Today, Epstein’s photographs are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.

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Mitch Epstein (204 results)
Guggenheim Museum, 1986

Mitch Epstein

Guggenheim Museum, 1986

Sale Date: October 25, 2016

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Student Monks, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1992

Mitch Epstein

Student Monks, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1992

Sale Date: October 27, 2016

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Port of Span, Trinidad, 1987

Mitch Epstein

Port of Span, Trinidad, 1987

Sale Date: May 7, 2016

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Martinique, 1986

Mitch Epstein

Martinique, 1986

Sale Date: May 7, 2016

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Student Monks, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1992, 1992

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Student Monks, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1992, 1992

Sale Date: April 17, 2016

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Cocoa Beach I, Florida, 1983

Mitch Epstein

Cocoa Beach I, Florida, 1983

Sale Date: November 25, 2015

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Nice, 1977

Mitch Epstein

Nice, 1977

Sale Date: July 30, 2015

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Amos Coal Power Plant, West Virginia from..., 2004

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Amos Coal Power Plant, West Virginia from..., 2004

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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Santa Monica, California, 1974

Mitch Epstein

Santa Monica, California, 1974

Sale Date: January 25, 2015

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Chalmette oil refinery, New Orleans,..., 2007

Mitch Epstein

Chalmette oil refinery, New Orleans,..., 2007

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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Liquidation sale I, 2000

Mitch Epstein

Liquidation sale I, 2000

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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BP Carson Refinery, California (From the..., 2007

Mitch Epstein

BP Carson Refinery, California (From the..., 2007

Sale Date: May 16, 2014

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Chalmette Oil Refinery, New Orleans,..., 2007

Mitch Epstein

Chalmette Oil Refinery, New Orleans,..., 2007

Sale Date: May 16, 2014

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Chalmette Battlefield, Louisiana, 1972

Mitch Epstein

Chalmette Battlefield, Louisiana, 1972

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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BP Carson Refinery, California from American , 2007

Mitch Epstein

BP Carson Refinery, California from American , 2007

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Nevada from..., 2007

Mitch Epstein

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Nevada from..., 2007

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Snyder, Texas (from American power), 2005

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Snyder, Texas (from American power), 2005

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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Glacier National Park, Springfield, MA (from , 1973

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Glacier National Park, Springfield, MA (from , 1973

Sale Date: November 28, 2013

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Moule Market, Guadeloupe et Island Harbor,..., 1986

Mitch Epstein

Moule Market, Guadeloupe et Island Harbor,..., 1986

Sale Date: October 30, 2013

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Villa Cimbrone VI, Ravello Italy, 1982

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Villa Cimbrone VI, Ravello Italy, 1982

Sale Date: June 18, 2013

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Miami Beach II, Florida (girls in bikinis on , 1976

Mitch Epstein

Miami Beach II, Florida (girls in bikinis on , 1976

Sale Date: April 23, 2013

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Club Med Martinique (from Common practice), 1986

Mitch Epstein

Club Med Martinique (from Common practice), 1986

Sale Date: April 23, 2013

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Group of photographs, including one of..., 1977–1978

Mitch Epstein

Group of photographs, including one of..., 1977–1978

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Luong's mother, Hanoi, 1994

Mitch Epstein

Luong's mother, Hanoi, 1994

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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