Brad Temkin Explained

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

Career

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

• 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.

Collections

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

• Art Institute of Chicago^[5]
• Museum of Contemporary Photography^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Rhodes . Margaret . Gorgeous photos of the rooftop gardens hiding high above our heads . 2024-03-04 . Wired . en-US . 1059-1028.
2. Web site: 2012-02-02 . MSU Hosts Chicago Photographer's Garden Series - CBS Detroit . 2024-03-04 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
3. Web site: Brad Temkin: Rooftop . 2024-03-04 . www.domusweb.it . en-gb.
4. Web site: LensCulture . Brad Temkin . Rooftop: Second Nature - Photographs and text by Brad Temkin . 2024-03-04 . LensCulture . en.
5. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Temkin,+Brad Brad Temkin
6. http://www.mocp.org/collection/mpp/temkin_brad.php Brad Temkin
7. Leslie Baldacci, "Photographer captures city's gardens in a book", Chicago Sun-Times, August 1, 2006 via HighBeam Research.
8. Web site: Brad Temkin – Rooftop. 2016-04-22. PhotoBook Journal. en. 2019-10-01.