Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is known for his strikingly intimate portraits of world leaders and major cultural figures. From presidents to porn stars, artists to Oscar winners, Greenfield-Sanders’ work defines a certain cultural photographic canon of our time.

His portraits can be found in numerous museum collections; both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston own limited editions sets of Art World, his 1999 collection of 700 portraits of artists, dealers, collectors and critics. In 2012, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. exhibited all fifty large-scale images from The Black List series.

Greenfield-Sanders has produced and directed eleven feature documentaries to date. He won a Grammy Award for his 1998 film Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart and a NAACP Spirit Award in 2009 for The Black List: Volume 1. In 2015 he received the Pratt Legend Award.

Books of Greenfield-Sanders’ work have been published by Atria, Skira, Powerhouse, Bulfinch and Fotofolio. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders received his B.A. from Columbia University in New York and his M.F.A. from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

As of August 2016

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  • Janet Mock is a journalist, advocate and New York Times best-selling author (Redefining Realness). A contributing editor for Marie Claire, Mock hosted MSNBC’s pop-culture series So POPular!, created the empowerment platform #girlslikeus and produced HBO’s The Trans List. She is writing a memoir about her twenties for Atria Books.
    Janet Mock | 2016
    © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
  • Margaret Cho is a Korean American comedian, actress and author. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political issues, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality.
    Margaret Cho | 2011
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  • Neil Patrick Harris is an actor, producer, singer, comedian, magician and television host. He starred in the TV show How I Met Your Mother, which was nominated for four Emmy Awards. He was named one of Time magazine's “100 Most Influential People” in 2010 and has two children with his partner, David Burtka.
    Neil Patrick Harris | 2012
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  • In addition to being one of the world’s most admired comedians, Chris Rock is a successful screenwriter, producer, director and actor. Among other honors, his work has earned him four Emmy Awards (on thirteen nominations) and three Grammy Awards.
    Chris Rock | 2007
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  • Cuban American rapper Pitbull and the other 29 individuals featured in The Latino List represent only a fraction of all the Latinos who have contributed to the story of America, but their individual and communal narrative continues to unfold and galvanize.
    Photo by: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
  • The Black List is a visual “Who’s Who” of African American men and women that presents 50 pioneers whose intelligence, talent and determination have propelled them to prominence in disciplines as diverse as religion, performing arts, medicine, sports, art, literature and politics. Gracing this List is Toni Morrison, a best-selling author, essayist, critic and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.
    Photo by: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
  • Betsey Johnson is an award-winning fashion designer known for her whimsical and feminine designs. Johnson started her career in New York City in the ‘60s and was part of Andy Warhol’s underground scene that included the Velvet Underground, Edie Sedgwick and Lou Reed. In 2017 Johnson will celebrate 45 years of her namesake brand.
    Photo by: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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