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, masterful composition, 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.

Michael 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).

Collections in which Michael Eastman’s works can be found include: the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles); Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago); Museum of Fine Arts (Boston); San Francisco Museum of Art (San Francisco); Rockefeller Collection; the George Eastman Photographic Collection (Rochester); San Diego Museum of Contemporary Photography (San Diego); New Orleans Museum of Art (New Orleans); New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City); International Center of Photography (New York); High Museum of Art (Atlanta); among others.

Courtesy of the artist and ESTELLA, New Orleans