Michael Eastman is an American photographer best known for his painterly and luminous images of sweeping landscapes, interiors, and horses. Similar to the styles of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, his series Havana (1999–2002, 2010, 2014) depicts the decaying glamour of Cuban interior design and architecture with regal austerity. “I don’t really photograph sites over and over again,” Eastman has said of his practice. “I think photographs present themselves at certain times. The condition of the building, time of day, the light, the sky and my feeling at that moment.” Born in 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, the artist is self-taught, and his work has appeared in critically acclaimed publications such as Time, Life, and American Photographer. His works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the International Center of Photography in New York, among others. Eastman lives and works in St. Louis, MO. CollectionsAmon Carter Museum, TexasArt Institute of ChicagoHigh Museum of Art, AtlantaInternational Center of Photography, New YorkKemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas CityLos Angeles County Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkMuseum Of Fine Arts, Boston List Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas CityNew Mexico Museum of Fine ArtsNew Orleans Museum of ArtOklahoma City Museum of ArtPizzuti Collection, Columbus, OHPolaroid CollectionRockefeller CollectionSaint Louis Art MuseumSan Diego Museum of Contemporary PhotographySan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSheldon Museum of ArtThe George Eastman Photographic Collection, RochesterUlrich Museum of Art, KansasWieland Collection, AtlantaWilding Art Museum, California21C Museum, Louisville