ROOFTOP by Brad Temkin 

BOOK SIGNING WITH BRAD TEMKIN: 

We welcome you to join us at the gallery from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Friday, January 8th to meet Brad Temkin, who has just come out with his new book of photographs, Rooftop.

There will be copies of Rooftop for purchase at the gallery for $50. To preorder a copy or to purchase a special edition copy, visit the Radius Books website by clicking HERE. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Rooftop draws poetic attention to a significant new movement which counters the heat-island effect afflicting cities across the globe. The benefit of green roofs reaches beyond reduced carbon footprint and improved storm water control. These grassy spaces embody the conflict of our existence, symbolizing the allure of nature in the face of expanding urban sprawl. Shot in locations ranging from Chicago to Zurich, Temkin’s images do more than merely document rooftop gardens. He situates his organic subjects within the steel, stone and glass angularity of urban structures, inviting viewers to revel in the open patterns and colors of these rooftop landscapes and their unobstructed connection to the sky.

Temkin’s images are interspersed with writings by authors John Rohrbach and Steven Peck, as well as architect Roger Schickedantz. These essays address such things as the aesthetics and intent of the photographs, living architecture, design, sustainability and the concept of bringing nature into an innovative urban context.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Brad Temkin is a Chicago-based photographer and teaches photography at Columbia College. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington DC), the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Akron Art Museum (Ohio), and Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) among many others. His images have been featured in Aperture, Black & White Magazine, TIME Magazine and European Photography.

Visit Brad's webpage on our site by clicking HERE.