Mikael Levin explores our conceptions of place, identity, and temporality. His photographs are often of everyday sites that, while seemingly insignificant, tie into larger historical events or movements of our times. By interrogating how we see these places, he brings forward a topography of societal structures, predispositions, and influences. His photographs give form to memory.
Mikael Levin (b. 1954, New York) is of American and French nationality and lives on Long Island, NY. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2025. Solo museum exhibitions include the Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, 2010, the Berardo Museum, Lisbon, 2009, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 2003, the International Center of Photography, New York, 1997, and Fundacion Mendoza, Caracas, 1980. Collections include the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Jüdisches Museum, Berlin, the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, and Moderna Museet, Stockholm. His work was presented at the Venice Biennale in 2003.
Books of his photography include Au bord (Editions de la Villette, Paris, 2022), Cristina's History (Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg, 2007), War Story (Gina Kehayoff Verlag, Munich, 1996), and Silent Passage (Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1988).
He is represented by L. Parker Stephenson Photographs in New York City and Gilles Peyroulet & Cie in Paris, France.