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Brian Finke Art

American, b. 1976

Photographer Brian Finke's work is a visual culture commentary that focuses on authenticity and the absurdity of everyday life as well as the range of human behavior. A stylized documentarian and trained photojournalist, Finke’s honesty and intimacy in capturing subjects strikes at the core of contemporary life, with a uniquely American point of context and graphic sensibility.

Often by way of boundary-pushing subject matter, Finke challenges viewers to confront what is often right in front of them, with an almost surreal understanding of immediacy, time and place. From street photography to commercial portraiture to fashion editorials, his immersion in culture-at-large creates imagery deeply tied to the political and emotional undertones of the modern world.

A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Finke received a BFA in photography. He is the author of several books, and his first monograph, 2-4-6-8: American Cheerleaders and Football Players (Umbrage Editions, 2003), was named one of the best photography books by American Photo magazine.

Earlier in his career, Finke was one of 12 artists nominated for the International Center for Photography’s annual Infinity Award, and he won a prestigious New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. His work is in nine museum collections in the U.S. and abroad, and he regularly shoots for editorial clients like National Geographic, the New Yorker, and the New York Times as well as commercial clients, including Delta Airlines, Uber Eats and Budweiser.

In addition to photographing his long-term personal projects, Finke is a guest teacher in photography at the International Center for Photography in Manhattan, the New School, Red Hook Labs in Brooklyn and FotoFilmic in Vancouver. A native Texan, he lives in Brooklyn and is passionate about travel, tattoos, barbecue and biking.

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(Biography provided by Brian Finke Studio)

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Artist: Brian Finke
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 71)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 71), 2013 Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the series Hip Hop Honeys attempt...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 77)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 77), 2013 Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the series Hip Hop Honeys attempt...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 80)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 80), 2013 Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the series Hip Hop Honeys attempt...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Cheerleading no. 116)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cheerleading no. 116), 2002 For several years, artist Brian Finke, traveled across the country photographing high school and college-level cheerleaders and football player...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Sex Machine no. 5)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Sex Machine no. 5), 2015 Photographed at a hedonism resort in Jamaica in 2015. Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pi...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Delta Airlines)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Delta Airlines), 2003 Flying the friendly skies, Brian Finke spent three years, on and off, photographing flight attendants on carriers in th...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Cheerleading no. 81)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cheerleading no. 81), 2002 Untitled (Cheerleading no. 81), (2002), was published in the artist’s monograph 2.4.6.8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players, Umbrage Editi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Cheerleading no. 13)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cheerleading no. 13), 2002 Untitled (Cheerleading no. 13), (2002), was published in the artist’s monograph 2.4.6.8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players, Umbrage Editi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Cheerleading no. 17)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cheerleading no. 17), 2001 Untitled (Cheerleading no. 17), (2001), was published in the artist’s monograph 2.4.6.8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players, Umbrage Editi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Cheerleading no. 15)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cheerleading no. 15), 2001 Untitled (Cheerleading no. 15), (2001), was published in the artist’s monograph 2.4.6.8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players, Umbrage Editi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Cheerleading no. 11)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cheerleading no. 11), 2001 Untitled (Cheerleading no. 11), (2001), was published in the artist’s monograph 2.4.6.8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players, Umbrage Editi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Cheerleading no. 2)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cheerleading no. 2), 2001 Untitled (Cheerleading no. 2), (2001), was published in the artist’s monograph 2.4.6.8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players, Umbrage Edition...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Frat Boys no. 1)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Frat Boys no. 1), 2005 This series of pictures shows a very different frat culture than many of us remember. Originally an assignment for Details ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Frat Boys no. 10)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Frat Boys no. 10), 2005 This series of pictures shows a very different frat culture than many of us remember. Originally an assignment for Details...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Football no. 16)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Football no. 16), 2002 40 x 40 in, Edition 2/3 Untitled (Football no. 16), 2002, was published in the artist’s monograph 2.4.6.8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Air France)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Air France), 2005 Flying the friendly skies, Brian Finke spent three years, on and off, photographing flight attendants on carriers in the United States and abroad. The re...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print

Untitled (Unnur, Icelandair)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Unnur, Icelandair), 2006 Flying the friendly skies, Brian Finke spent three years, on and off, photographing flight attendants on carriers in the United States and abroad....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Sara, Icelandair no. 2)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Sara, Icelandair no. 2), 2006 Flying the friendly skies, Brian Finke spent three years, on and off, photographing flight attendants on carriers in the United States and ab...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Icelandair)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Icelandair), 2006 Flying the friendly skies, Brian Finke spent three years, on and off, photographing flight attendants on carriers in the United States and abroad. The re...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Flight Attendants, monograph
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flight Attendants powerHouse Books, 2008 112 pages, 10.25 x 10.25 in 51 color photographs Signed Flying the friendly skies, Brian Finke began photographing flight attendants as he crisscrossed the country on Delta, JetBlue, Hawaiian, Hooters Air, Southwest, and Song airlines before going abroad on Air France, Qantas, and British Airways. In London, he visited a flight attendant school, complete with emergency rafts and billowing smoke. Continuing east, Finke traveled Air Asia, Thai, Tiger, ANA, Japan, and Cathay Pacific...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Paper

Untitled (Lily and Azriza, Air Asia)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Lily and Azriza, Air Asia), 2006 From the monograph Flight Attendants powerHouse Books, 2008 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Brooklyn no. 26)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Brooklyn no. 26), 2019 Untitled (Brooklyn no. 26) is a view the Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn, taken in spring 2019 from the artist’s studio on Cherry Street in New York C...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Samurai Bears no. 1)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Samurai Bears no. 1), 2005 Untitled (Samurai Bears no. 1) was photographed in 2005 as part of a story for GQ magazine about a Japanese baseball team traveling around the A...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Barbados no. 27)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Barbados no. 27), 2020 Untitled (Barbados no. 27) is from a small series of images made while on vacation in Barbados in 2020. Every morning, trainers that race at Garriso...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Thailand no. 3)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Thailand no. 3), 2013 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, edition of 4 20 x 20 in, edition of 9 15 x 15 in, edition of ...
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2010s Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Home no. 19)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Home no. 19), 2019 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, Edition of 5 20 x 20 in, Edition of 7 15 x 15 in, Edition of 9 ...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Jewel no. 4)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Jewel no. 4), 2019 Untitled (Jewel no. 4) was photographed while visiting family in Texas, summer 2019. The image is of the artist’s niece Jewel swimming in his parents’ p...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 46)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 46), 2013 Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the series Hip Hop Honeys attempt...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Hell Becomes Home no. 2)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hell Becomes Home no. 2), 2016 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, edition of 4 20 x 20 in, edition of 9 15 x 15 in, ed...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

John McAfee
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (John McAfee no. 1), 2012 Untitled (John McAfee no. 1) is a 2012 portrait of computer programmer, businessman, and founder of McAfee Securities s...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 51)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 51), 2013 Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (LSU no. 11)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (LSU no. 11), 2012 Untitled (LSU no. 11 is a photograph made in 2012 for ESPN The Magazine to document the legendary college football rivalr...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 104)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 104), 2005 Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 104) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing m...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 43)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 43), 2005 Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 43) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing mal...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 25)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 25), 2004 Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 25) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing mal...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Cheerleading no. 115)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Cheerleading no. 115), 2002 For several years, artist Brian Finke, traveled across the country photographing high school and college-level cheerleaders and football player...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 45)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 45), 2013 Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the series Hip Hop Honeys attempt...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Oaxaca no. 19)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Oaxaca no. 19), 2016 Untitled (Oaxaca no. 19) is a photograph made at El Divino Pastor (The Divine Shepherd) taqueleria in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2016 while photographing a st...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (NYC no. 20)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (NYC no. 20), 2020 Untitled (NYC no. 20) is a sunrise photograph of the New York City skyline taken from the photographer’s apartment window during New York’s COVID-19 shel...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (The Standard, Miami no. 3)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (The Standard, Miami no. 3), 2016 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, edition of 4 20 x 20 in, edition of 9 15 x 15 in, ...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (The Standard, Miami no. 7)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (The Standard, Miami no. 7), 2016 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, edition of 4 20 x 20 in, edition of 9 15 x 15 in, ...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Caramel Curves no. 3)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Caramel Curves no. 3), 2018 Signed, numbered, and dated (archival label, verso) Digital Pigment Print 30 x 30 in, edition of 4 20 x 20 in, edition of 9 15 x 15 in, editi...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print

Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 89)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 89), 2013 Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the series Hip Hop Honeys attempt...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Sapphires no. 11)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Sapphires no. 11), 2020 Untitled (Sapphires no. 11) was drawn from a story titled “Brunch with Extra Sausage,” photographed for The Cut at Sapph...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Texas no. 10)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Texas no. 10), 2014 Untitled (Texas no. 10) was made for National Geographic in 2014 at an over one-hundred-year-old ranch in the Texas Panhandle....
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Voodoo Ceremony, Haiti no. 12)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Voodoo Ceremony, Haiti no. 12), 2017 Untitled (Voodoo Ceremony, Haiti no. 12) was made at a voodoo ceremony in Haiti, while photographing a story about rum production for ...
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Texas no. 11)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Texas no. 11), 2014 Untitled (Texas no. 11) was made for National Geographic in 2014 at an over one-hundred-year-old ranch in the Texas Panhandle....
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2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 82)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Hip Hop Honeys no. 82), 2013 Women have been an essential part of decades’ worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. The works in the series Hip Hop Honeys attempt...
Category

2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

Materials

C Print, Digital Pigment

Untitled (Sara, Icelandair)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Sara, Icelandair), 2006 Flying the friendly skies, Brian Finke spent three years, on and off, photographing flight attendants on carriers in the United States and abroad. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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Digital Pigment, C Print

Untitled (Football #16)
By Brian Finke
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print Signed, numbered, and dated, verso 15 x 15 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 30 inches (Edition of 4) 40 x 40 inches (Edition of 3) This photograph is offered by Clam...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print

Untitled (Cheerleading #81)
By Brian Finke
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print Signed, numbered, and dated, verso 30 x 30 inches 40 x 40 inches (Total edition of 4 + 2 APs) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. P...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Art

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C Print

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