Michael Massaia Art
American
Michael Massaia is a fine art photographer and printmaker who has spent the past 10 years documenting areas and objects that never extend too far from his front door. Isolation, disconnection and an attempt to put a spotlight on the ordinary are the constants in all of his work. Massaia focuses primarily on large format black-and-white film, utilizing a variety of highly modified proprietary analog and digital printing techniques. Massaia works alone and is the sole craftsman from the instant the negative is exposed to the moment the final print is made.
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Artist: Michael Massaia
Stardust, Dawn - Wildwood
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Panoramic, Dawn
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Crystal Sands, Dawn - Wildwood
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Broken Pier & Sunset
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, overall mat size
22 x 28 inches, paper size
(Edition of 20)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
In 2008, Michael Massaia started to document the amusement piers that skirt the New Jersey coastline during their most vacant moments (usually between the hours of 4:00 and 6:00 a.m.). These images were predominantly shot on the Funtown and Casino Piers in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
8th Avenue Looking North
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag paper with 8-ply over-mat, mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso of mount
10 x 10 in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
8th Avenue Heat Wave
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag paper with 8-ply over-mat, mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso of mount
10 x 10 inches, image size
(Edition of 10)
20 x 20 inches, image size
(Edition of 5)
40 x 40 inches, image size
(Edition of 3)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
Michael Massaia writes:
“In my early twenties I worked in a mailroom, and as a street messenger in New York City. I would wander the streets for days at a time, both confused and mesmerized by almost everything that came in front of my eyes. Carrying around an old Polaroid sx...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Briefcase & Paper
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag paper with 8-ply over-mat, mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso of mount
10 x 10 inches, image size
(Edition of 10)
20 x 20 inches, image size
(Edition of 5)
40 x 40 inches, image size
(Edition of 3)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please note that prices increase as editions sell.
Michael Massaia writes:
“In my early twenties I worked in a mailroom, and as a street messenger in New York City. I would wander the streets for days at a time, both confused and mesmerized by almost everything that came in front of my eyes. Carrying around an old Polaroid sx...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
First Freeze, Last Light
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Morning Breaking
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall mat size
24 x 20 inche...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
First Light, The Ramble
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall mat size
24 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
10th Winter
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Native Meadow Clipper System
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
First Light, 105th Street
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Endings
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coat Room Elevator
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
First Light
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Silver Corridor
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stairway
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split toned and hand-tinted gelatin silver print, printed by artist, with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 8-ply museum board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 32 inches, over...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
January Dawn #7
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Iron and selenium toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Third Spring
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Toned and hand tinted/colored gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, ov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Failings of Gravity #37
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Toned and hand tinted/colored gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
34 x 28 inches, ov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sleeper #17
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Toned and hand tinted/colored gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
34 x 28 inches, ov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Failings of Gravity #74
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Toned and hand tinted/colored gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
34 x 28 inches, ov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Deep In A Dream: West Side Sunrise
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
Michael Massaia is a native NJ artist who does not stray far from home for his inspirations. He is driven by the belief of the primacy of an original idea as the critical and pivotal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
West Side Path and San Remo
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall mat size
24 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Couple #1
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
34 x 28 inches, overall mat size
28 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Casino Pier Remnants
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
25 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Approaching Storm
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
25 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eaglevale Arch Looking North
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Split-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dark
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Night Fall, The Ramble
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Selectively toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat siz...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
First Light
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall mat size
24 x 20 inches...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
North Woods Exit
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
South View #7
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Snow Dusting
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hallet Sanctuary
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall mat size
24 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Private Gardens
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Zoo Entrance
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall mat size
24 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Late Fall
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gapstow Bridge
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall mat size
24 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Mall, 4 a.m.
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
24 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Clock Installation
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
West Side Sunrise
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
North West View
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bow Bridge
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
26 x 30 inches, overall mat size
20 x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Half Moon
By Michael Massaia
Located in New York, NY
Gold-toned gelatin silver print with 8-ply over-mat and mounted to archival, 4-ply Crescent Natural White mat board
Signed and numbered, recto
30 x 26 inches, overall mat size
24 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Deep In A Dream: Southeast View 5am
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
Michael Massaia is a native NJ artist who does not stray far from home for his inspirations. He is driven by the belief of the primacy of an original idea as the critical and pivotal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Couple #1, Deep In A Dream: Sheep Meadow
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
Expanding from the Sheep Meadow portfolio of portraits taken by Michael Massaia by hiding in plain sight in Central Park's Sheep Meadow, the project began in 2006 as the artist becam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rock & Roll Himalaya
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
This 20"x24" toned silver gelatin contact print is one of the original images from the Michael Massaia portfolio taken along the New Jersey Shore and presciently called "Afterlife". ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Arctic Circle
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
This 20"x24" toned silver gelatin contact print is one of the original images from the Michael Massaia portfolio taken along the New Jersey Shore and presciently called "Afterlife". ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Couple #7, Deep In a Dream: Sheep Meadow
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
This 20X24" silver gelatin contact print is from Michael Massaia's continually expanding portfolio of people taken by hiding in plain sight in Central Park's Sheep Meadow. The p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Point Pleasant Fun House
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
This 20"x24" toned silver gelatin contact print is one of the original images from the Michael Massaia portfolio taken along the New Jersey Shore and presciently called &qu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Casino Pier, Seaside Heights
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
This stunning 20"x 24" toned silver gelatin contact print is one of two final, late 2012 images that complete the Michael Massaia portfolio taken along the New Jersey Shore and presciently called "Afterlife". Beginning in 2008, the artist meticulously documented the amusement park rides along the gritty boardwalks of Seaside Heights...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Funtown Pier, Seaside Park
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
This stunning 20"x 24" toned silver gelatin contact print is one of two final, late 2012 images that complete the Michael Massaia portfolio taken along the New Jersey Shore and presciently called "Afterlife". Beginning in 2008, the artist meticulously documented the amusement park rides along the gritty boardwalks of Seaside Heights seen by millions, but ultimately not really seen. Employing large format view cameras and film, Michael photographed in the early morning hours to depict these normally bustling areas completely devoid of humanity.
As a native post Hurricane Sandy, he was able to revisit the amusement piers laid to waste by the storm to witness the devastation of all that he had previously photographed. The Funtown Pier was taken in November 2012 and is the last of two post storm photographs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moby Dick & Swing Ride, Seaside Heights
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
This 30"x40" split toned silver gelatin contact print is one of the original images from the Michael Massaia portfolio taken along the New Jersey Shore and presciently called "Afterlife". Beginning in 2008, Michael meticulously documented the amusement park rides along the gritty boardwalks of Seaside Heights...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Airplane: Deep In A Dream-Central Park
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
Michael Massaia is a native NJ artist who does not stray far from home for his inspirations. He is driven by the belief of the primacy of an original idea as the critical and pivotal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hello Kitty, Transmogrify and the Passing of Things
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
"Hello Kitty" is one of 17 colorful images from Michael Massaia's "Transmogrify and The Passing of Things" portfolio begun in the summer of 2014. Photographed as unaltered time exposures of naturally melting ice cream pops...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Quiet Now: Beer Can & Bottle Rocket
By Michael Massaia
Located in Westwood, NJ
The Quiet Now portfolio of images by Michael Massaia shines the light on another ordinary subject, unexplored fireworks, and through the intensity of his study, forever alters our pe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Massaia Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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