2020 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Brad Temkin

Friday, March 06, 2020 @ 2:00pm, Galleria I&II

"Water: Making Pictures and Documenting Change"

Brad Temkin (1956- ) is perhaps best known for his photographs of contemporary landscape. His work is held in numerous permanent collections, including those of The Art Institute of Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Amon Carter Museum; and Museum of Contemporary Photography, among others. His images have appeared in such publications as Aperture, Black & White Magazine, TIME Magazine and European Photography. He has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017 and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in 2007. Temkin has published 3 books: Private Places: Photographs of Chicago Gardens (Center for American Places) 2005; Rooftop (Radius Books) 2015; and The State Of Water (Radius Books) 2019. Temkin has taught at Columbia College Chicago since 1984.