Brian Finke Figurative Photography
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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Artist: Brian Finke
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 36)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 36), 2004
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 36) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing mal...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 53)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 53, 2005
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 53) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing male...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 16)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 16), 2004
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 16) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing mal...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 3)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 3), 2003
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 3) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing male ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 6)
By Brian Finke
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 6), 2003
Untitled (Bodybuilding no. 6) is from Brian Finke’s series Most Muscular (2003–2005), where the artist spent nearly two years photographing male ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
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, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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, $125
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
2010s Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
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 Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
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, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
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. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
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....
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brian Finke Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, C Print
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