Richard Misrach (born 1949, Los Angeles) has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad. His work is represented in many permanent collections, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, The National Gallery of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Misrach is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, four National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and Germany's Kulturpreis for Lifetime Achievement in Photography. He lives in Berkeley, California.