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Mitch Epstein

born 1952

Biloxi, Mississippi 2005 2005
© Mitch Epstein/Black River Productions, Ltd.
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Biography

Mitchell Epstein (born 1952) is an American photographer. His books include Vietnam: A Book of Changes (1997); Family Business (2003), which won the 2004 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award; Recreation: American Photographs 1973–1988 (2005); Mitch Epstein: Work (2006); American Power (2009); Berlin (2011); New York Arbor (2013); Rocks and Clouds (2018); Sunshine Hotel (2019); In India (2021); and Property Rights (2021).

He has also worked as a director, cinematographer, and production designer on several films, including Dad, Salaam Bombay!, and Mississippi Masala.

Epstein's work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Tate Modern, London.

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  • Amos Coal Power Plant, Raymond West Virginia

    Mitch Epstein
    2004
  • BP Carson Refinery, California

    Mitch Epstein
    2007
  • Gavin Coal Power Plant, Cheshire, Ohio

    Mitch Epstein
    2003
  • Biloxi, Mississippi 2005

    Mitch Epstein
    2005

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