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Joel-Peter Witkin

  • A disfigured, nude male figure, resembling a classical statue, is dramatically lit against a dark background in this black and white photograph.
    Hermès, San Francisco
  • This is an elaborate black and white photographic still life by Joel-Peter Witkin titled "Feast of Fools" picturing human limbs, a baby corpse, an octopus, and fruit.
    Feast of Fools
  • A black-and-white photograph of a breast and some fruit on a dinner plate with flowers in the foreground.
    Still Life with Breast
  • Black and white photograph by Joel-Peter Witkin titled "Glassman" picturing a nude male corpse.
    Glassman
  • Witkin, Portrait as a Vanité
    Portrait as a Vanité
  • Witkin, The Devil Giving Death Power Over Life
    The Devil Giving Death Power Over Life
  • Witkin, ID Photograph Two Women With Stomach Irritations
    ID Photograph from Purgatory: Two Women with Stomach Irritations
  • Witkin, Man With Wings and Wheels
    Man with Wings and Wheels
  • Witkin, Portrait of Isabella Brant
    Portrait of Isabella Brant
  • A disfigured, nude male figure, resembling a classical statue, is dramatically lit against a dark background in this black and white photograph.
    Hermès, San Francisco ⓘ
  • This is an elaborate black and white photographic still life by Joel-Peter Witkin titled "Feast of Fools" picturing human limbs, a baby corpse, an octopus, and fruit.
    Feast of Fools ⓘ
  • A black-and-white photograph of a breast and some fruit on a dinner plate with flowers in the foreground.
    Still Life with Breast ⓘ
  • Black and white photograph by Joel-Peter Witkin titled "Glassman" picturing a nude male corpse.
    Glassman ⓘ
  • Witkin, Portrait as a Vanité
    Portrait as a Vanité ⓘ
  • Witkin, The Devil Giving Death Power Over Life
    The Devil Giving Death Power Over Life ⓘ
  • Witkin, ID Photograph Two Women With Stomach Irritations
    ID Photograph from Purgatory: Two Women with Stomach Irritations ⓘ
  • Witkin, Man With Wings and Wheels
    Man with Wings and Wheels ⓘ
  • Witkin, Portrait of Isabella Brant
    Portrait of Isabella Brant ⓘ
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Joel-Peter Witkin (b. 1939) composes compositions often inspired by classical paintings from art history (from Courbet to Seurat, Caravaggio to Dali), and often make specific reference to the history of photography.

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