Joni Sternbach

Joni Sternbach was born in the Bronx, New York and graduated from New York University/International Center of Photography (ICP) with an M.A. in Photography in 1987. She was part of the adjunct faculty at NYU for over 20 years, and is currently a faculty member at Cooper Union and the Penumbra Foundation in NYC where she teaches wet plate collodion. Sternbach uses both large format film and early photographic processes to create contemporary landscapes and environmental portraits. Her work centers on our relationship with water, contrasting some of the most desolate deserts in the American West to iconic surf beaches around the world. Her work is part of several public collections including the Nelson Atkins Museum, St Louis Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She is the recipient of several grants including NYFA and CAPS and represented in Los Angeles by Von Lintel Gallery and by Rick Wester Fine Art in New York. Bibliography Surfing by Jim Heimann published by Taschen 2016 Surf Site Tin Type published by Damiani Editore 2015 The Passengers published by Cafe Royal Books 2014 Promise Land published by Cafe Royal Books 2013 The Photographs Not Taken by Will Steacy 2012 SurfLand by Joni Sternbach published by photolucida 2009 Face to Face: Ocean Portraits by Huw Lewis-Jones 2010 Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort by Peter Galassi published by the Museum of Modern Art 1991