About me

Location	Brooklyn, NY, United States
Introduction	Ken Schles photographs. He talks and writes about that experience as well. His books are considered “intellectual milestones in photography.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). His most recent book, A New History of Photography, was a finalist for the 2009 Rencontres d’Arles Photographie Contemporary Book Award. Vince Aletti in the New Yorker called his book Invisible City, "hellishly brilliant". Invisible City was also included in MoMA’s More Than One Photography exhibition and listed in M+M Auer’s survey of photographic books. It has influenced a generation of photographers and is a favorite of the photographer Robert Frank. Books of his have appeared on “notable” lists published by Photo-Eye and the Sunday New York Times Book Review. He is included in private and public collections such as MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, among others.  Ken Schles is a NYFA Fellow.

Location

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Introduction

Ken Schles photographs. He talks and writes about that experience as well. His books are considered “intellectual milestones in photography.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). His most recent book, A New History of Photography, was a finalist for the 2009 Rencontres d’Arles Photographie Contemporary Book Award. Vince Aletti in the New Yorker called his book Invisible City, "hellishly brilliant". Invisible City was also included in MoMA’s More Than One Photography exhibition and listed in M+M Auer’s survey of photographic books. It has influenced a generation of photographers and is a favorite of the photographer Robert Frank. Books of his have appeared on “notable” lists published by Photo-Eye and the Sunday New York Times Book Review. He is included in private and public collections such as MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, among others.  Ken Schles is a NYFA Fellow.