Joel’s work is defined by its 21st century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

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

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

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

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

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

Warren Avenue at 23rd Street, Detroit, Michigan, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Metro Bus Shelter, 7th Street at E Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C., from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Community Center, Mason's Bend, Alabama, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

A Woman at Home in Malibu after Exercising, California
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Approximately 17 of 41 Sperm Whales Which Beached and Subsequently Died, Florence, Oregon, from the series "American Prospects"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

The Masjid-Al-Rasul, 11211 Central Avenue, Watts, Los Angeles, California, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Ruins of Drop City, Trinidad, Colorado, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Halcyon Temple of the People (Blue Star Memorial Temple), Halcyon, California, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Twelve Tribes Community, Basin Farms, Bellow Falls, Vermont, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

82-70 Austin Street, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, from the series "On This Site: Lanscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

518 101st Street, Love Canal Neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Morton Thiokol Rocket Testing Facility, Promontory, Utah, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Hanford Reservation, Hanford, Washington, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944