Mark Steinmetz

Mark Steinmetz (born 1961) is an American photographer.[1][2][3] He makes black and white photographs "of ordinary people in the ordinary landscapes they inhabit".[4]

His work is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Hunter Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, New York and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Life and work

Steinmetz was born in New York City and raised in the Boston suburbs of Cambridge and Newton until he was 12.[2][5] He then moved to the midwest before, aged 21, he went to study photography at the Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut.[2][5] He left that MFA program after one semester and in mid 1983, aged 22, moved to Los Angeles in search of the photographer Garry Winogrand, whom he befriended.[5][6] He moved to Athens, Georgia in 1999 and was still living and working there as of 2017.[2][5]

Steinmetz makes photographs "of ordinary people in the ordinary landscapes they inhabit",[4] and "in the midst of activity".[7] Most of his work has been made in the USA but also in Paris and Italy.[8][9] His books combine portraits (portrait-like but spontaneous) and candid photos of people,[8] and also include animals[10] and still life photos. He finds many of his subjects whilst walking around but he has also spent time at Little League Baseball and summer camps.[11][12]

Steinmetz works with black and white film, usually medium format, developed and printed in his own darkroom.[5][8][10]

In 1994 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.[13]

Publications
  • Tuscan Trees. The Jargon Society, 2002. With text by Janet Lembke. ISBN 978-0912330839.
  • South Central. Nazraeli, 2007. ISBN 1590051718.
  • South East. Nazraeli, 2008. ISBN 978-1590052310.
  • Greater Atlanta. Nazraeli, 2009. ISBN 978-1590052594.
  • Philip and Micheline. TBW, 2010. Subscription Series #3, Book #1. ISBN 978-1-942953-07-4. Elaine Stocki, Dru Donovan, and Katy Grannan each had one book in a set of four.
  • The Ancient Tigers of My Neighborhood. Six by Six, Set 1. Nazraeli, 2010. Anthony Hernandez, Todd Hido, Raymond Meeks, Martin Parr, and Toshio Shibata each had one book in a set of sex. Edition of 100 copies.
  • Italia: Cronaca di un Amore. One Picture Book 64. Nazraeli, 2010. ISBN 978-1-59005-286-0.
  • Idyll. Orchard Volume Three. Silas Finch, 2011. With Raymond Meeks. ISBN 978-1-93606-318-5. Some include the separate volume Pastoral by Steinmetz, in an edition of 90 copies.
  • Summertime. Nazraeli, 2012. ISBN 978-1590053485.
  • Paris in my Ttime. Nazraeli, 2013. ISBN 978-1590053744.
  • The Players. Nazraeli, 2015. ISBN 978-1590054185. Edition of 1000 copies.
  • Fifteen Miles to K-Ville. Stanley/Barker, 2015. ISBN 978-0995555501.
  • Angel City West: Volume One. NZ Library Set Two, Volume Six. Nazraeli, 2016. ISBN 978-1-59005-441-3. Edition of 350 copies.
  • Angel City West: Volume Two. NZ Library Set Three. Nazraeli, 2017. ISBN 978-1-59005-455-0. With an introduction by John Bailey. Edition of 350 copies.
  • Past K Ville. Stanley/Barker, 2018. ISBN 978-1916410626.
  • Angel City West: Volume Three. NZ Library. Nazraeli, 2019. ISBN 978-1-59005-484-0. Edition of 350 copies.

Collections

Steinmetz's work is held in the following public collections:

References
  1. "Mark Steinmetz". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  2. "Georgia on my mind: Mark Steinmetz's American south – in pictures". The Guardian. 27 April 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  3. "With Garry Winogrand as His Copilot, Mark Steinmetz Photographed 1980s Los Angeles". Vogue. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  4. Bailey, John. "Mark Steinmetz: "Ordinary" Photographer - The American Society of Cinematographers". American Cinematographer. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  5. Manning, Emily (11 April 2017). "how mark steinmetz captures love and lightning in the american south". i-D. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  6. "Proof that youth never changes". Huck Magazine. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  7. "In black-and-white: Photographer Mark Steinmetz sought inspiration". The Independent. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  8. Rosenberg, David (21 September 2014). "Sometimes You Just Need to Print Your Photos the Old-Fashioned Way". Slate.
  9. Ladd, Jeffrey. "Paris In My Time: Mark Steinmetz's Homage to the City of Lights". Time. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  10. AleGlaviano (20 March 2013). "Mark Steinmetz". Vogue.it. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  11. Bicker, Phil. "Mark Steinmetz's Summertime". Time. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  12. x-publishers. "The Long Game: An Interview with Mark Steinmetz". www.gupmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  13. "Mark Steinmetz". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  14. "Mark Steinmetz". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  15. "An exception has occurred". Hunter Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  16. "Search the Collection". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  17. "Museum of Contemporary Photography". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  18. "Works of: Mark Steinmetz". Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
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