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Untitled, New York, 1996
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Mitch EpsteinAmerican Photographer · 1952–present
All works by this person →> I'm especially intrigued . . . how everyday life can adopt a quality of myth when photographed. In this manner, myth can become a language of its own, and . . . illuminate that which is poignantly and simply human . . . > > --Mitch Epstein For more than three decades, Mitch Epstein has made large-scale color photographs that capture moments of transcendent beauty in everyday life, whether in sma
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This image of an automobile windshield transforms the implied violence of shattered glass into lacy spider webs of brilliant light. In contrast to the visual noise of the reflections, a small Bible sits silently open. In a recent project, *The City,* Mitch Epstein focused for the first time on his hometown of New York City. Rather than strictly documenting the city, this series shows the transcendent aspects of ordinary scenes. Through his elevation of such banal details, Epstein has carved his own distinctive niche in the vast, intimidating history of New York photography.
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