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Maisel’s aerial photographs address the aesthetics and environmental impact of radically human-altered landscapes, while his abstract paintings respond to catastrophic climate change events such as wildfire and flood.
- PHOTOGRAPHS
photographs. Desolation Desert. In his latest photographic...
- PAINTINGS
When wildfires in California ignited in summer of 2020, and...
- EXHIBITIONS
Photographer David Maisel’s archive of the Proving Ground...
- PUBLICATIONS
Photographs and essay by David Maisel. Essays by William L....
- PRESS
Photographer David Maisel, a one-time student of Emmet...
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BIO. David Maisel (b. 1961, New York) is an artist whose...
- Proving Ground
An encounter with one of the most secretive of American...
- The Lake Project
The Lake Project comprises images from Owens Lake, the site...
- The Fall
Maisel was invited to Spain in 2013 as part of the...
- History’s Shadow
History’s Shadow has as its source material x-rays of art...
- PHOTOGRAPHS
David Maisel (born 1961) is an American photographer and visual artist whose works explore vestiges and remnants of civilizations both past and present.
David Maisel, a visual artist whose work has explored hidden landscapes, archives, and histories of the American west for more than three decades, was named a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow for Photography.
Apr 26, 2013 · The Strange Beauty of David Maisel’s Aerial Photographs. A new book shows how the photographer creates startling images of open-pit mines, evaporation ponds and other sites of environmental...
American, b. 1961. Lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. David Maisel’s photographs chronicle the complex relationships between natural systems and human intervention, often focusing on the physical transformation of the landscape caused by industrial efforts.