Brad Temkin

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

Temkin's works are included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and Museum of Contemporary Photography. His images have appeared in such publications as Aperture, Black & White Magazine, Time magazine and European Photography.

His first book was published in 2005 entitled Private Places: Photographs of Chicago Gardens. He teaches photography at Columbia College in Chicago.

Life and work

Temkin was born in Chicago, IL.

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.

Publications

• Private Places: Photographs of Chicago Gardens, Center for American Places/Columbia College, Chicago. 2005.
• Rooftop, Radius Books, New Mexico, 2015
• The State of Water, Radius Books, New Mexico, 2019. ISBN 978-1-942185-55-0

Collections

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

• Art Institute of Chicago
• Museum of Contemporary Photography