Brad Temkin

Brad Temkin (born 1956 in Chicago) is an American photographer. He is known for his photographs documenting the human impact on the landscape.

Career

Temkin has taught photography at Columbia College Chicago since 1984.

Temkin's first book, Private Places: Photographs of Chicago Gardens, was published in 2005. In 2009, he began a project entitled Rooftop, addressing what contemporary urban pioneers are doing to mitigate the consequences of non-renewable energy consumption and drawing attention to living architecture.[1][2][3][4]

Temkin's works are included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago[5] and Museum of Contemporary Photography.[6]

Publications

  • Private Places: Photographs of Chicago Gardens, Center for American Places/Columbia College, Chicago. 2005.[7]
  • Rooftop, Radius Books, New Mexico, 2015[8]
  • The State of Water, Radius Books, New Mexico, 2019. ISBN 978-1-942185-55-0

Collections

Temkin's work is held in the following permanent public collections:

References

  1. ^ Rhodes, Margaret. "Gorgeous photos of the rooftop gardens hiding high above our heads". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  2. ^ "MSU Hosts Chicago Photographer's Garden Series - CBS Detroit". www.cbsnews.com. 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  3. ^ "Brad Temkin: Rooftop". www.domusweb.it. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  4. ^ LensCulture, Brad Temkin |. "Rooftop: Second Nature - Photographs and text by Brad Temkin". LensCulture. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  5. ^ a b Brad Temkin at Art Institute of Chicago (accessed 2014-01-17).
  6. ^ a b Brad Temkin at Museum of Contemporary Photography (accessed 2014-01-17).
  7. ^ Leslie Baldacci, "Photographer captures city's gardens in a book", Chicago Sun-Times, August 1, 2006 via HighBeam Research.
  8. ^ "Brad Temkin – Rooftop". PhotoBook Journal. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2019-10-01.