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Allan Sekula

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American · 1951–2013

Allan Sekula

Allan Sekula was an American photographer, writer, filmmaker, theorist and critic.

31in the catalog
21on view now
4collections
1country

All On view · 21 In collections Uncertain

"Lead Fish." Variant of a conference room designed for the Chiat/Day advertising agency. Architect: Frank Gehry. Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, May 1988

"Lead Fish." Variant of a conference room designed for the Chiat/Day advertising agency. Architect: Frank Gehry. Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles from the series Fish Story

May 1988 · The Museum of Modern Art

Text panel from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, 1988-95

Text panel from the series Fish Story

1988-95 · The Museum of Modern Art

Text panel from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, 1988-95

Text panel from the series Fish Story

1988-95 · The Museum of Modern Art

Text panel from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, 1988-95

Text panel from the series Fish Story

1988-95 · The Museum of Modern Art

Boy looking at his mother. Staten Island Ferry. New York harbor from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, February 1990

Boy looking at his mother. Staten Island Ferry. New York harbor from the series Fish Story

February 1990 · The Museum of Modern Art

Shipyard-workers' housing--built during the Second World War--being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, May 1990

Shipyard-workers' housing--built during the Second World War--being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles from the series Fish Story

May 1990 · The Museum of Modern Art

The rechristened Exxon Valdez awaiting sea trials after repairs. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, August 1990

The rechristened Exxon Valdez awaiting sea trials after repairs. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story

August 1990 · The Museum of Modern Art

Boy looking at his mother. Staten Island Ferry. New York harbor from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, February 1990

Boy looking at his mother. Staten Island Ferry. New York harbor from the series Fish Story

February 1990 · The Museum of Modern Art

Shipyard-workers' housing--built during the Second World War--being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, May 1990

Shipyard-workers' housing--built during the Second World War--being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles from the series Fish Story

May 1990 · The Museum of Modern Art

Pipe fitters finishing the engine room of a tuna-fishing boat. Campbell Shipyard. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, August 1991

Pipe fitters finishing the engine room of a tuna-fishing boat. Campbell Shipyard. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story

August 1991 · The Museum of Modern Art

Welder's booth in bankrupt Todd Shipyard. Two years after closing. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, July 1991

Welder's booth in bankrupt Todd Shipyard. Two years after closing. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story

July 1991 · The Museum of Modern Art

Welder's booth in bankrupt Todd Shipyard. Two years after closing. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, July 1991

Welder's booth in bankrupt Todd Shipyard. Two years after closing. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story

July 1991 · The Museum of Modern Art

Pipe fitters finishing the engine room of a tuna-fishing boat. Campbell Shipyard. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, August 1991

Pipe fitters finishing the engine room of a tuna-fishing boat. Campbell Shipyard. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story

August 1991 · The Museum of Modern Art

Hammerhead crane unloading forty-foot containers from Asian ports. American President Lines terminal. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, November 1992

Hammerhead crane unloading forty-foot containers from Asian ports. American President Lines terminal. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story

November 1992 · The Museum of Modern Art

Testing robot-truck designed to move containers within automated ECT/Sea-Land cargo terminal. Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, September 1992

Testing robot-truck designed to move containers within automated ECT/Sea-Land cargo terminal. Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands from the series Fish Story

September 1992 · The Museum of Modern Art

Koreatown, Los Angeles from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, April 1992

Koreatown, Los Angeles from the series Fish Story

April 1992 · The Museum of Modern Art

Abandoned shipyard used by Marine Corps Expeditionary Force for "counter-terrorist" exercises. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, November 1992

Abandoned shipyard used by Marine Corps Expeditionary Force for "counter-terrorist" exercises. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story

November 1992 · The Museum of Modern Art

Workers cleaning up chemical spill after refinery explosion. Los Angeles harbor. Wilmington, California from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, October 1992

Workers cleaning up chemical spill after refinery explosion. Los Angeles harbor. Wilmington, California from the series Fish Story

October 1992 · The Museum of Modern Art

Remnants of a Roman harbor near Minturno, Italy from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, June 1992

Remnants of a Roman harbor near Minturno, Italy from the series Fish Story

June 1992 · The Museum of Modern Art

"Pancake," a former shipyard sandblaster, scavenging copper from a waterfront scrapyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, November 1992

"Pancake," a former shipyard sandblaster, scavenging copper from a waterfront scrapyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story

November 1992 · The Museum of Modern Art

Remnants of a movie set. Abandoned shipyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, January 1993

Remnants of a movie set. Abandoned shipyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story

January 1993 · The Museum of Modern Art

Untitled Slide Sequence, Allan Sekula, 1972

Untitled Slide Sequence

1972 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Chapter One, Fish Story from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, 1988-95

Chapter One, Fish Story from the series Fish Story

1988-95 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Fish Story: Walking on Water (Chapter 9), Allan Sekula, 1990

Fish Story: Walking on Water (Chapter 9)

1990 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Inclinometer, Mid Atlantic & Panorama, mid Atlantic from the series Fish Story, Allan Sekula, November 1993

Inclinometer, Mid Atlantic & Panorama, mid Atlantic from the series Fish Story

November 1993 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Dead Letter Office - Fábrica de Caixões, Tijuana, Allan Sekula, 1996-97

Dead Letter Office - Fábrica de Caixões, Tijuana

1996-97 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Waiting for Tear Gas (white globe to black), Allan Sekula, 1999-2000

Waiting for Tear Gas (white globe to black)

1999-2000 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Shipwreck and Workers from the Museum in Progress project Worlds of Work, Allan Sekula, 2005

Shipwreck and Workers from the Museum in Progress project Worlds of Work

2005 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Portraits of Salespeople, Allan Sekula, 1973

Portraits of Salespeople

1973 · Not on view · Harvard Art Museums

Remnants of a Movie Set. Abandoned Shipyard. Los Angeles Harbor. Terminal Island, California. January 1993, Allan Sekula, 1993, printed 2000

Remnants of a Movie Set. Abandoned Shipyard. Los Angeles Harbor. Terminal Island, California. January 1993

1993, printed 2000 · Not on view · Whitney Museum of American Art

Seventy in Seven (from Fish Story: Chapter 4), Allan Sekula, 1993–94

Seventy in Seven (from Fish Story: Chapter 4)

1993–94 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Allan Sekula: photographs and where to see them · ART WIKI