Biography
Richard Misrach is an American artist known for his large-format landscape photographs of iconic American places like the Golden Gate Bridge, the Mississippi River, and the U.S.-Mexico border. In his ongoing
Desert Cantos series, Misrach explores his interest in the deserts of the American Southwest. “It does seem that the severity of the landscape sets cultural artifacts off in dramatic relief,” he said of the region. “The desert has always provided rich material for literature and the visual arts, from the Bible to science-fiction films, probably because it epitomizes the extremes of the human condition.” Born on July 11, 1949 in Los Angeles, CA, he graduated with a BA in psychology from the University of California in 1971. Often honing in on environmentalist concerns, Misrach sometimes captures the negative effects that humans have had on nature. His mid-career retrospective, “Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach,” was mounted by the
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