Brad Temkin ( Chicago 1956) is an American photographer. He is known for his photographs documenting the human impact on the landscape.
Temkin has taught photography at Columbia College Chicago since 1984.
Temkin's first book, Private Places: Photographs of Chicago Gardens, was published in 2005. In 2009, he began a project entitled Rooftop, addressing what contemporary urban pioneers are doing to mitigate the consequences of non-renewable energy consumption and drawing attention to living architecture. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Temkin's works are included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago [5] and Museum of Contemporary Photography. [6]
Temkin's work is held in the following permanent public collections: