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1952
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Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
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1970 - 1971
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Union College, NY
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1971 - 1972
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Rhode Island School of Design, RI
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1972 - 1974
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The Cooper Union, NY
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1977
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Lecturer for photography, Harvard University
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1978
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National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Grant
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1980
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New York State Council for the Arts
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1996 - 1997
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Camera Works, Inc.
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1997
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American Institute of Graphic Artists, 50 Best Books of the Year
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1997
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Professor for photography, Bard College, School of the Arts
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1999
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Professor for photography, Bard College, School of the Arts
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2001
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Professor for photography, Bard College, School of the Arts
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2003
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
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2004
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Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award, Family Business
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2004
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Guest lecturer, School of Visual Arts, Graduate Photography Program
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2008
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Fellowship at the American Academy, Berlin
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2009
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Gold Medal Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, American Power
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2009
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Open Society Institute Documentary Photograpy Grant
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2010
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Winner of Prix Pictet
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Lives and works in New York
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2012 |
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Infinite Balance, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA |
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2012 |
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Out of Focus, Saatchi Gallery, London, GB |
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2012 |
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The New York Times Magazine Photographs, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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2011 - 2012 |
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Appropriated Landscapes, The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm, Germany |
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2011 - 2012 |
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The Unseen Eye, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, USA |
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2011 |
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The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, USA |
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2011 |
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Infinite Balance: Artists and the Environment, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA |
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2011 |
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Growth. Prix Pictet, Arteversum, Dusseldorf, Germany (travelling exhibition) |
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2011 |
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New Documentary Forms, Tate Modern, London, Great Britain |
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2011 |
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Hyper Real - Kunst und Amerika um 1970, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany |
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2011 |
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Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA |
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2011 |
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Mitch Epstein. American Power, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, France / Museé de l´Elysèe, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo) |
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2011 |
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Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, The UK |
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2010 - 2011 |
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Mitch Epstein - State of the Union, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (solo) |
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2010 |
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Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970 - 1980, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Ohio, USA |
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2010 |
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Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera, Tate Modern, London, Great Britain (traveling exhibition) |
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2010 |
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American Documents, FotoMuseum, Antwerp, Belgium |
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2008 |
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Arbeitswelten, Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt (Main), Germany |
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2008 |
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Vietnam, Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Conte, Rome, Itlay (solo) |
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2007 |
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Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo) |
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2007 |
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Sikkema, Jenkins & Co., New York, NY (solo) |
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2007 |
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Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Intersections: Atlanta Collects Photography |
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2006 - 2007 |
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Ecotopia: The Second Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center of Photography, New York,. |
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2006 - 2007 |
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J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection |
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2006 |
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SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany |
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2006 |
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Cities in Transition, Public Art Project with Chuck Close and Dayanita Singh, Commissioned by United Technologies Corporation, Boston (Downtown Crossing subway station), Hartford (Bushnell Park), New York (Madison Square Park) |
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2006 |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York. The photograph "Hadrian's Villa, Rome, Italy 1982" iCI, Shoot the Family, Traveling exhibition curated by Ralph Rugoff. Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington |
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2006 |
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Shooting the Family, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA |
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2005 |
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Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY |
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2005 |
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Garry Winogrand and the American Street Photographers, Fotografie Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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2005 |
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Brent Sikkema, New York, NY (solo) |
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2004 |
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Photo Espana, Madrid, Spain |
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2004 |
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Yancey Richardson, New York |
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2004 |
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BrancoliniGrimaldi, Florence, Italy |
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2004 |
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Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA |
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2004 |
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The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden |
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2004 |
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Kennedy Boesky Photographs, NYC, “’70s Color Photography†|
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2003 |
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Power House, Memphis, TN (solo) |
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2002 |
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NY after NY, Musee de L’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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2002 |
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Visions from America, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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Musee de L’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland, “NY after NY†|
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2001 |
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Noorderlicht, Groningen, The Netherlands, “Sense of Space†|
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2001 |
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303 Gallery, “Overnight to Many Cities†|
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2001 |
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Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Brent Sikkema, New York, NY (solo) |
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2001 |
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Walkabout, New York Historical Society, New York, NY |
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2000 |
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New York Now, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY |
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1999 |
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Eggleston and the Color Tradition, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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1999 |
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Brent Sikkema, New York, NY (solo) |
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1998 |
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Center for Documentary Studies, Durham, NC (solo) |
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1998 |
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Photography after Modernism: Extensions into Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
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1998 |
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Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA |
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1997 |
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India: A Celebration of Independence, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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1996 |
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Brent Sikkema, New York, NY |
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1996 |
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Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) |
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1995 |
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Tenri Gallery, New York, NY |
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1994 |
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Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1994 |
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (solo) |
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1992 |
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This Sporting Life, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (traveling exhib.) |
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1992 |
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Romance of the Taj Mahal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (traveling exhib.) |
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1992 |
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Tenri Gallery, New York, NY |
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1991 |
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Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA (solo) |
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1990 |
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The Indomitable Spirit, International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
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1989 |
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (solo) |
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1987 |
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Color Photographs: Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1987 |
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Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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Light Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1981 |
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Light Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1979 |
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Light Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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Selected Public Collections |
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FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
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Gilman Paper Collection, New York, NY
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LaSalle Bank Photography Collection, Chicago, IL
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Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
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Equitable Life Assurance Society, NY
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Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Chase Manhattan Art Program, New York, NY
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Morgan Guaranty, New York, NY
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Goldman Sachs, New York, NY
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, Mexico
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Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
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Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
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Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
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Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
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St. Louis Museum of Art, St Louis, MO
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The Walther Collection, Ulm, Germany
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Deutsche Börse Group, Frankfurt, Germany
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Vassar College Art Museum, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
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Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Saatchi Gallery, London, GB
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International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
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The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
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2011 |
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Berlin, Steidl, Göttingen, 2011 |
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2010 |
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Exposed: Voyeurism, Surviellance and the Camera, Tate Publishing, 2010 |
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2010 |
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Starbust: Color Photography in America 1970-1980, Hatje Cantz, 2010 |
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2010 |
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Mitch Epstein - State of the Union (catalogue), Hatje Cantz, 2010 |
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2009 |
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Mitch Epstein, American Power, Steidl, Göttingen, 2009 |
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2006 |
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Mitch Epstein: WORK, Steidl, 2006 |
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2006 |
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Where we live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2006 |
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2005 |
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Recreation: American Photographs 1973-1988, Steidl, 2005 |
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2003 |
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Family Business, Steidl, Germany, fall 2003 |
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2002 |
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Visions from America, Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art 1940-2001, Prestel 2002 |
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2001 |
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The City, powerHouse Books, NY, spring 2001 |
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1996 |
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Vietnam: A Book of Changes, W.W. Norton/DoubleTake, NY, fall 1996 |
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1995 |
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Fire Water Wind, Tenrikyo Doyusha, Japan 1995 |
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1987 |
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In Pursuit of India, Aperture, NY, 1987 |
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