Editon No. 3 Mark Steinmetz

Mark Steinmetz’s photographs, which are almost exclusively shot in black and white, eclipse the traditional boundaries of documentary, street, and art photography. He has spent his career relying on chance events to capture his images, expressing the beautiful composition of everyday life, and transforming it into something elegant through his lens. 

This photo was taken about an hour after my mother's passing. I found myself in a parking lot – stunned, bereft. I looked to the sky and saw a cloud shaped like a doughnut; there were birds effortlessly ascending towards it in a thermal (rising warm air). I felt some peace.  – Mark Steinmetz

Mark Steinmetz is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. His work is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Modern Art, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sir Elton John Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, amongst others. 

Handprinted silver gelatin 10” x 8” print produced by the artist at his studio in Athens, Georgia. Signed and numbered in a limited edition of 20.