About the American Photographer, Michael VAHRENWALD (born in Davenport, Iowa)

Michael VAHRENWALD studied Fine Art at The Cooper Union and Photography at Yale University. He is currently an Assistant Professor at The Hartford Art School, having previously taught at The Cooper Union, Bard College, Sarah Lawrence College, the ICP and SUNY Purchase. His work has been widely presented publicly, namely: Whitney Museum, The Walker Art Center, The Carnegie Museum of Art, the Yale School of Architecture and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art as well as published in Blind Spot, Camera Austria, Flash Art, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Businessweek. His photographs were also used in the philosophical volume 'Looking Away, Phenomenality and Dissatisfaction, Kant to Adorno' by Rei Terada. Michael VAHRENWALD currently lives in New York.

Photo books by Michael VAHRENWALD

'The People's Trust' (2021)


'The People’s Trust' by Michael VAHRENWALD shows the changing financial institutions, specifically the repurposed remains of 19th & 20th century banks across the USA. The monumentality of these neo-classical facades stands in contrast with their new roles
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