Joel Sternfeld
1944–
Introduction
Joel Sternfeld (born June 30, 1944) is an American fine-art photographer. He is best known for his large-format color pictures of contemporary American life and identity. His work contributed to the establishment of color photography as a respected artistic medium. Furthering the tradition of roadside photography started by Walker Evans in the 1930s, Sternfeld documents people and places with unexpected excitement, despair, tenderness, and hope. Ever since the 1987 publication of his landmark “American Prospects,” Sternfeld’s work has interwoven the conceptual and political, while being steeped in history, landscape theory and his passion for the passage of the seasons. Sternfeld’s is a beautiful and sad portrait of America - ironic, lyrical, unfinished, seeing without judging.
Wikidata identifier
Q1422150
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Introduction
Born 30 June 1944. Sternfeld established himself, in 1966, as a freelance landscape, industrial, architectural and portrait photographer in New York City. Since 1970, Sternfeld has worked in colour. In 1979, Sternfeld photographed landscapes in Arizona. In 1989, he was awarded the Prix de Rome, allowing him to photograph the Roman Campagna for one year. American photographer.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, photographer, teacher
ULAN identifier
500037070
Names
Joel Sternfeld, Joel Peter Sternfeld
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96 works
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Mount Rushmore National Monument, Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, August 1994
1994, printed 1996 -
Central Park, Looking Toward the Plaza Hotel, New York, October 1994
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The Former Bryant's Grocery, Money, Mississippi, June 1994
1994, printed 1996 -
The Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher Street, New York, February 1994
1994, printed 1996 -
Taylor Hall Parking Lot, Kent State University, Ohio, May 1994
1994, printed 1996 -
518 101st Street, Love Canal Neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1994
1994, printed 1996 -
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Alternate Highway 14, Twelve Miles North of Cody, Wyoming, August 1994
1994, printed 1996 -
Hanford Reservation, Hanford, Washington, August 1994
1994, printed 1996 -
General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park, California, January 1994
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Crenshaw High School, South Central Los Angeles, March 1994
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Dome Village, Los Angeles, California, August 1994
1994 -
The National Civil Rights Museum, formerly the Lorraine Motel, 450 Mulberry Street, Memphis, Tennessee, August 1993
1993, printed 2002 -
Central Park, North of the Obelisk, Behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 1993
1993, printed 1996 -
The Happy Land Social Club, 1959 Southern Boulevard, the Bronx, New York, June 1993
1993, printed 1996 -
Across from 11777 Foothill Boulevard, Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles, California, November 1993
1993, printed 1996 -
Gateway National Park, Rockaway Peninsula, Queens, New York, September 1993
1993, printed 1994 -
Khoury League Baseball Field, 2900 Illinois Avenue, East St. Louis, August 1993
1993, printed 1996 -
Canyon Country, California, June 1983
1983, printed 1993 -
Scott and Helen Nearing at Forest Farm, Harborside, Maine, October 1982
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Wet 'n Wild Aquatic Theme Park, Orlando, Florida, September 1980
1980, printed 1984 -
New Jersey (#14), May-June 1980
1980, printed 2011 -
Santa Cruz Mountains, August 1977
1977, printed 2011 -
California (#5)
1977, printed 2011 -
Sandusky, Ohio, July 1976
1976, printed 2011 -
Nags Head, North Carolina (#40), June-August 1975
1975, printed 2011 -
Nags Head, North Carolina (#6), June-August 1975
1975, printed 2011 -
Nags Head, North Carolina (#16), June-August 1975
1975, printed 2012 -
Nags Head, North Carolina (#29), June-August 1975
1975, printed 2011 -
Rockaway Beach, New York City (#2), August 1975
1975, printed 2011 -
New Orleans, Louisiana, (#3), August 1974
1974, printed 2011
96 works