Mitch Epstein

(American, born 1952)

bald cypress, northern boulevard, queens 2011 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Bald Cypress, Northern Boulevard, Queens 2011, 2011

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hoh rain forest, olympic national park, washington ii 2017 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington II 2017, 2017

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kalaloch, olympic national park, washington 2017 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington 2017, 2017

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hoh rain forest, olympic national park, washington 2017 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington 2017, 2017

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blue mesa, petrified forest national park, arizona 2018 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Blue Mesa, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 2018, 2018

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mount rushmore national memorial / six grandfathers, south dakota 2018 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Mount Rushmore National Memorial / Six Grandfathers, South Dakota 2018, 2018

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sacred stone camp, standing rock sioux reservation, north dakota 2017 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Sacred Stone Camp, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota 2017, 2017

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veterans respond flag, sacred stone camp, standing rock sioux reservation, north dakota 2017 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Veterans Respond Flag, Sacred Stone Camp, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota 2017, 2017

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mount rushmore national memorial / six grandfathers, south dakota 2018 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Mount Rushmore National Memorial / Six Grandfathers, South Dakota 2018, 2018

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standing rock prayer walk, north dakota 2018 by mitch epstein

Mitch Epstein

Standing Rock Prayer Walk, North Dakota 2018, 2018

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Biography

Timeline

1952
Born in Holyoke, USA
1970 - 1971
Attended Union College, Schenectady, USA
1971 - 1972
Attended Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
1972 - 1974
Attended Cooper Union, New York, USA
1977
Lecturer for photography, Harvard University
1978
Received individual grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
1980
New York State Council for the Arts
1994
Pinewood Foundation
1996 - 1997
Camera Works, Inc.
1997 - 2001
Professor for photography, Bard College, School of the Arts

Exhibitions

2012
Infinite Balance, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
Out of Focus, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
The New York Times Magazine Photographs, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Appropriated Landscapes, The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm, Germany
The Unseen Eye, George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
2011
The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, USA
Infinite Balance: Artists and the Environment, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
Growth. Prix Pictet, Arteversum, Düsseldorf, Germany
New Documentary Forms, Tate Modern, London, England
Hyper Real - Kunst und Amerika um 1970, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA
Mitch Epstein. American Power, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, France / Museé de l´Elysèe, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo)
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, England
Mitch Epstein - State of the Union, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (solo)
2010
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera, Tate Modern, London, England
American Documents, FotoMuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970 - 1980, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA
2008
Arbeitswelten, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Vietnam, Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Conte, Rome, Itlay (solo)
2007
Foam_Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Sikkema, Jenkins & Co., New York, USA (solo)
Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Intersections: Atlanta Collects Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
Ecotopia: The Second Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2006
SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
Cities in Transition, Public Art Project with Chuck Close and Dayanita Singh, Commissioned by United Technologies Corporation, Boston, Hartford, and New York, USA
Shooting the Family, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA
2005
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, USA
Garry Winogrand and the American Street Photographers, Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brent Sikkema, New York, USA (solo)
2004
Photo España, Madrid, Spain
Yancey Richardson, New York, USA
BrancoliniGrimaldi, Florence, Italy
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden
2003
Power House, Memphis, USA (solo)
2002
NY after NY, Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Visions from America, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

Public Collections

FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan

Literature

2011
Berlin, Steidl, Göttingen, 2011
2010
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surviellance and the Camera, Tate Publishing, 2010
Starbust: Color Photography in America 1970-1980, Hatje Cantz, 2010
Mitch Epstein - State of the Union (catalogue), Hatje Cantz, 2010
2009
Mitch Epstein, American Power, Steidl, Göttingen, 2009
2006
Mitch Epstein: WORK, Steidl, 2006
Where we live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2006
2005
Recreation: American Photographs 1973-1988, Steidl, 2005
2003
Family Business, Steidl, Germany, fall 2003
2002
Visions from America, Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art 1940-2001, Prestel 2002