Richard Misrach: Color Reverse Scrubs

These large-format abstract photographs take as their source close-ups of shrubland vegetation, digitally reversed along the color spectrum to create supernatural shapes and patterns.

Inverted color close-up photograph of the texture of brush and low-lying plant life

Inverted black-and-white close-up photograph of the texture of tangled branches

Inverted black-and-white close-up photograph of the texture of brush and low-lying plant life

Inverted color photograph of the texture of brush and low-lying plant life

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Richard Misrach: Color Reverse Scrubs

These large-format abstract photographs take as their source close-ups of shrubland vegetation, digitally reversed along the color spectrum to create supernatural shapes and patterns.

Richard MisrachUntitled (75903#FC)

2014

pigment print, 51-1/2 x 73 inches (framed) [185.4 x 301.5 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (38002#FC)

2011

pigment print, 59-7/8 x 121 inches (framed) [152.1 x 307.3 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (364030#FC)

2006

pigment print, 53-1/2 x 93-1/2 inches (framed) [135.9 x 237.5 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (81960#FC)

2008

pigment print, 63-1/2 x 83-5/16 inches (framed) [161.3 x 211.6 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (435310#FC)

2011

pigment print, 64 x 98 inches (framed) [162.6 x 248.9 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (8958#FC)

2011

pigment print, 63 x 144 inches (framed) [160.0 x 365.8 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (22960#FC)

2008

pigment print, 58-3/8 x 117-1/2 inches (framed) [148 x 299 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (10-358)

2008

pigment print, 56-1/4 x 112 inches (framed) [142.9 x 284.4 cm]

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Framed color photograph of a surfer falling in the breaking wave.

Richard Misrach: On The Beach 2.0

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Richard Misrach: On The Beach 2.0

An ongoing series exploring the abstracted pattern of an edgeless ocean surface, and the gestures and expressions of bathers adrift in the water.

Color photograph of a couple embracing in an expanse of water. — Richard Misrach, Untitled (November 11, 2012 12:26 PM) [The Kiss #2] framed, 2012

pigment print, 63-1/2 x 82-7/8 inches (framed) [161.3 x 210.5 cm]

Color photograph of a lone windsurfer on a choppy silver sea — Richard Misrach, Windsurfer, Hawaii, 2008

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of ocean water being reflected by the sun framed in bleached wood frame — Richard Misrach, Untitled (January 29, 2018, 3:13PM), 2018

pigment print, 62-1/2 × 116-1/2 inches (framed) [158.8 × 295.9 cm]

Color aerial photograph of water framed in bleached wood — Richard Misrach, Sea #7, 2021

pigment print, 52-1/4 x 77-1/4 inches (framed) [133 x 196 cm]

Color photograph of two people in water doing acrobats taken from above in bleached wooden frame — Richard Misrach, Untitled (Acrobat Super Grid #8), 2012

pigment print, 63-5/8 x 83-5/8 inches (framed) [161.6 x 212.4 cm]

Color photograph of small waves and ripples on the surface of green water — Richard Misrach, Untitled (November 18, 2013, 4:00PM), 2013

pigment print, 60-3/4 x 122 inches (framed) [154.3 x 310.0cm]

Color photograph of two men standing in knee-deep water near the shore of a calm sea — Richard Misrach, Untitled (November 10, 2012 5:53PM), 2012

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of two women floating while holding hands on a calm, green ocean surface — Richard Misrach, Untitled (July 26, 2013, 5:21PM), 2013

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color long-exposure blurred photograph of a sandy beach with rocks, two people, and moving waves — Richard Misrach, Untitled (January 17, 2015 6:36PM)

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of ripples and waves on the dark green surface of a sea — Richard Misrach, Untitled (Blackwater 7), 2013

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (November 11, 2012 12:26 PM) [The Kiss #2] framed

2012

pigment print, 63-1/2 x 82-7/8 inches (framed) [161.3 x 210.5 cm]

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Richard MisrachIcarus Suite #91

2016

pigment print, 47 x 122 inches (framed) [119.4 x 309.9 cm]

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Richard MisrachWindsurfer, Hawaii

2008

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (January 29, 2018, 3:13PM)

2018

pigment print, 62-1/2 × 116-1/2 inches (framed) [158.8 × 295.9 cm]

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Richard MisrachSea #7

2021

pigment print, 52-1/4 x 77-1/4 inches (framed) [133 x 196 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (Acrobat Super Grid #8)

2012

pigment print, 63-5/8 x 83-5/8 inches (framed) [161.6 x 212.4 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (November 18, 2013, 4:00PM)

2013

pigment print, 60-3/4 x 122 inches (framed) [154.3 x 310.0cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (November 10, 2012 5:53PM)

2012

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (July 26, 2013, 5:21PM)

2013

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (January 17, 2015 6:36PM)

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (Blackwater 7)

2013

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Color photograph of a tall metal and concrete fence receding into the misty horizon on the right

Richard Misrach: Border Cantos

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Richard Misrach: Border Cantos

This latest installation in Misrach’s ongoing Desert Cantos series explores the entire length of the US/Mexico border, in photographs made with a large-format camera as well as images captured with an iPhone.

Color photograph of a segment of tall metal fence in the middle of a bare field — Richard Misrach, Wall, Near Los Indios, Texas, 2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

Color photograph of a metal fence running over a landscape of rocky hills and low green bushes into the horizon — Richard Misrach, Wall, Tierra Del Sol, California, 2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

Color photograph of a tall metal fence segment ending in a bare dirt patch among low-lying trees and plants — Richard Misrach, Wall, Brownsville, Texas, 2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

Color photograph of a metal fence made of X-shaped crossbars running through a hilly desert landscape — Richard Misrach, Normandy Wall Near Ocotillo, California, 2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

Color photograph of a tattered blue flag standing next to a blue barrel marked AGUA in a desert landscape — Richard Misrach, Agua#1, near Calexico, California, 2014

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

Color photograph of a tall metal fence running into the ocean from the beach, with beach goers visible through the bars — Richard Misrach, Playas de Tijuana #1 (Crowded Beach), San Diego, California, 2013

pigment print, 45 x 161-1/2 inches (framed) [114.3 x 410.2 cm]

Color photograph of scattered red ammunition casings lying on a bare cracked ground — Richard Misrach, Shell Casings #36, near Gulf of Mexico, Texas, 2014

pigment print, 17-1/2 x 22-1/2 inches (framed) [44.5 x 57.2 cm]