Joel’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Hermaphrodite with Christ
Joel Peter Witkin American, born 1939

Gods of Earth and Heaven, Los Angeles
Joel Peter Witkin American, born 1939

Angel of the Carrots
Joel Peter Witkin American, born 1939

Alternates for Muybridge, San Francisco
Joel Peter Witkin American, born 1939

Siamese Twins, Los Angeles
Joel Peter Witkin American, born 1939

Androgeny Breast Feeding a Fetus
Joel Peter Witkin American, born 1939

Bee Boy, New Mexico
Joel Peter Witkin American, born 1939

The Rock
Peter Blume (American, born Smorgon, Russian Empire, now Belarus, 1906–1992)

May Pole, Short Mountain Sanctuary, Liberty, Tennessee, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Gasthof zur Muldentalsperre
Peter Doig Scottish, born 1959

An Earthship at Earthaven Ecovillage, Black Mountain, North Carolina, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Buoy
Peter Blume (American, born Smarhoń, Russian Empire, now Belarus, 1906–1992)

Dacha/Staff Building, Gesundheit! Institute, Hillsboro, West Virginia, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Hartwig House, Truro, Cape Cod, from the series "The Cape"
Joel Meyerowitz American, born 1938

Peter Isbrandi
Cornelis Visscher Dutch, c. 1629-1658

The former Bryant's Grocery, Money, Mississippi, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

27 Barbara Lee Drive, Hamilton Township, New Jersey, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

A Blind Man in His Garden, Homer, Alaska, from the series "American Prospects"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

108th Street and Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944