Epstein, Mitch

Mitchell Epstein (born c. 1952) is an American photographer and author. His books include Vietnam: A Book of Changes (1997); Family Business (2003), which won the 2004 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award; Recreation: American Photographs 1973–1988 (2005); Mitch Epstein: Work (2006); American Power (2009); Berlin (2011); New York Arbor (2013); Rocks and Clouds (2018); Sunshine Hotel (2019); In India (2021); and Property Rights (2021). He has also worked in various roles on several films. He was responsible for production design on Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Mississippi Masala (1991), and as co-producer on the latter; both of these films were directed by his ex-wife, Mira Nair. Epstein's work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Tate Modern, London.