Brad Temkin

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

Career[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.