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Jason Schmidt
Artists II
Artists II is the second volume of Jason Schmidt’s ongoing photographic documentation of today’s most significant
artists. From young to old, emerging to career-peaking, world-famous or as-of-yet-known, the creative forces that the
New York-based photographer has managed to capture over a period of 12 years has come to serve as perhaps the
most incisive look into the art world as it stands today. Artists II captures 166 artists, including John Baldessari,
Ai Weiwei, Glenn Ligon and Cindy Sherman, in their studios or work environments and the resultant images reveal the
context in which the art was made or conceived and the artists in their most intimate moment—in the process of creation.
A text by each artist in their own words accompanies each photograph: some are literal descriptions of the encounter,
others are poetic or enigmatic; each is a window into their artistic methods and perspectives. The strength of this artists
series lies not solely in its individual compositions but in its value as a comprehensive archive of contemporary artistic
practice. Situated between portraiture and landscape, Schmidt’s photographs show art and artist in a constant moment
of transformation.
Jason Schmidt was born in 1969 in New York, and graduated from Columbia University in 1991 with a degree in art
history. His photographs have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Martin Z. Marguiles
Collection (Miami), Deitch Projects (New York), and elsewhere. Schmidt’s photographs have appeared in The New
York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, The New Yorker, and V Magazine, among others. Schmidt lives and
works in New York City. Edition 7L published Schmidt’s Artists in 2007.
Jason Schmidt
Artists II
Edited by Alix Browne and Christopher Bollen
Texts by Jason Schmidt and various artists
Book design by Greg Foley, Pierre Consorti, Zachary Ohlman
180 pages
11.7 × 11.8 in. / 29,7 × 30 cm
166 photographs
Four-color process
Clothbound hardcover
€ 58.00 / £ 48.00 / US$ 70.00
ISBN 978-3-86930-632-2
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