RICHARD SANDLER
Richard Sandler, (b.1946) is a street photographer and documentary filmmaker. His still photographs are in the permanent collections of the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Historical Society, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of the City of New York and the Center for Creative Photography. Sandler was awarded two New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships for photography, (1992, 1998), a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship for Filmmaking, (2006), and a New York State Council on the Arts fellowship for Filmmaking (2009). Sandler worked as a freelance photojournalist for 35 years; his clients included the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Village Voice, The Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine and The Real Paper (Boston).
Richard has directed and shot eight non-fiction films, including “The Gods of Times Square,”(1999), “Brave New York” (2004) and “Radioactive City,” (2011). Presently, Sandler's documentary film, “AKA Martha’s Vineyard” is in post production; it recounts the lovely island’s history, told from Wampanoag first nations' perspectives. His first monograph,"The Eyes of the City," (powerHouse Books, 2016) is in it’s third printing, and two other (street and subway) books are in the works. From 1985-1993 Richard taught street and documentary photography classes at the International Center of Photography in New York City.
NEWS
Time
Meet the Unsung Street Photographer of 1980s New York
The Guardian
Between the streets: shades of New York – in pictures
Blind Magazine
Les Yeux de la Rue
Washington Post
These Photos Show a New York that Doesn’t Really Exist Anymore
Hyperallergic
Richard Sandler’s Startling Photographs of Pre-9/11 New York
The Cinematheque — FILMS
The Gods of Times Square, USA 1999
ACQUIRE ARTWORK
Richard Sandler is exclusively represented in Canada by Gallery 881. Prints are available directly from the gallery and are available in 11x14”, 16x20”, and 20x24”. Larger sizes are available by request. Artwork is produced as archival pigment prints on Canson Infinity Platine Photographic rag. Silver gelatin prints are also available.
Archival Pigment Prints (100% Rag) – Unframed
11x14” Print Only $375 Edition of 50
16x20” Print Only $2050 Edition of 40
20x24” Print Only $3850 Edition of 20
*Additional sizes available by request.
Darkroom Prints (silver gelatin) – Unframed
11x14” Print Only $530 Open Edition
16x20” Print Only $3000 Edition of 25
20x24” Print Only $5500 Edition of 15
*Additional sizes available by request
Each image is signed on the reverse by the artist or, in the case of framed work, come with an artist-signed Certificate of Authenticity. Signed prints are available both framed and unframed. Please inquire for availability. The sizes as listed above are final artwork sizes of the prints, which are inclusive of a 1” border on the long side. Please note that darkroom prints require several weeks to produce and dispatch.
Please inquire to acquire images from Richard Sandler’s entire portfolio.
Digital and silver gelatin prints are available.
