About the American photographer, Richard MISRACH (b.1949 in Los Angeles)
Richard MISRACH is one of the most influential photographers of his generation. In the 1970s, he helped pioneer the renaissance of color photography and large-scale presentation that are in widespread practice today. He is the recipient of numerous awards in the arts including a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2002 he was given the Kulturpreis for Lifetime Achievement in Photography by the German Society for Photography (DGPh), and in 2008 the Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography.
Photo books by and with contribution by Richard MISRACH (a selection)
'Telegraph 3 a.m.' (1974); 'The Desert Cantos' (1987, 1992, 1999); 'Richard Misrach:1975-1987' (1988); 'Bravo 20' (1990); 'Violent Legacies' (1992, 1995, 1996); 'Golden Gate' (2005); ; Chronologies (2006, 2019); 'On the Beach' (2007); 'Destroy this Memory' (2010); '1991' (2011); 'Petrochemical America' (2012, 2014); '11.21.11 5:40 p.m.' (2013); 'Assignment no.2' (2014, with Hiroshi SUGIMOTO); 'The Mysterious Opacity of Other Beings' (2015); 'Border Cantos' (2016, with Guillermo GALINDO); 'on Landscape and Meaning' (2021)