Richard Misrach (born in Los Angeles, 1949) is one of the most influential color photographers of his generation. His work is held in the collections of over fifty major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship. His previous Aperture titles include Destroy This Memory (2010), Golden Gate (2012), Petrochemical America (with Kate Orff, 2012), The Mysterious Opacity of Other Beings (2015), and Border Cantos (with Guillermo Galindo, 2016).

“For those fascinated by the practice as much as the finished photograph, American photographer Richard Misrach’s forthcoming addition to the Photography Workshop series is a gift.” —i-D “Misrach effortlessly coaxes elegance from difficulty and resilience.” —Chris Allnutt, Financial Times