MICHAEL EASTMAN

(b. 1947, United States)

Michael Eastman has established himself as one of the world’s leading contemporary photographic artists. The self-taught photographer has spent five decades documenting interiors and facades in cities as diverse as Havana, Paris, Rome, and New Orleans, producing large-scale photographs unified by their visual precision, monumentality, and painterly use of color. Eastman is most recognized for his explorations of architectural form and the textures of decay, which create mysterious narratives about time and place.

Eastman’s photographs have appeared in Time, Life, Art in America, Art News, Art Forum, and American Photographer, and they reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the San Francisco Museum of Art, and other prestigious institutions. His books include Havana (2011, Prestel), Vanishing America (2008, Rizzoli) and Horses (2003, Knopf).

HAUNTED, a collection of Michael Eastman’s works from Havana, explores this soulful, beguiling city, its palpable connection to the past, and despite withering neglect, haunting beauty.