Max-Steven Grossman
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Work
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Business & Tech MT, 2025
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Gen Alpha, 2025
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Music PCH, 2025
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AFF, 2019
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Andy Warhol AW 3, 2019
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Art BH, 2018
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Art CP, 2019
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Art Fashion ZS V, 2024
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Art Film rV, 2024
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Art GB, 2019
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Art LATAM, 2025
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Art LND, 2020
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ART MM, 2024
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Art MZ, 2019
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Art PG, 2022
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Art POR, 2020
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Art Rock BG, 2022
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Art rock zb V, 2024
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Art SP2, 2015
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Art SQ DV, 2024
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Art W SQ, 2015
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Art WT4, 2017
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Art zA V, 2024
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Art 3F, 2018
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Art 3S, 2018
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Art 3SW, 2018
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Art 4D, 2020
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Art 6B, 2019
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Beatles VS Stones, 2018
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Believe, 2021
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Believe J, 2021
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Black Culture H, 2019
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Boss V, 2020
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Classical H, 2017
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Classical V, 2016
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Cocktails, 2025
37 x 75 in., Ed. 5
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Cocktails SQ, 2025
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Comedy, 2017
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Cooking QT, 2020
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Cooking and Wine SFA, 2017
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Duos, 2019
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Environment SQ, 2025
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Fashion Jewelry, 2015
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Fashion Jewelry 2, 2020
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Fashion Sport V, 2016
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Fashion SQ W6, 2019
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Fashion SQ 4, 2019
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Fashion 4, 2015
37 x 75 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
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Film B&W, 2015
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Film B&W V, 2018
75 x 39 in., Ed. 2AP
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Film SQ, 2016
48 x 53 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
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Film WD, 2019
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Film WV, 2019
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French Fashion, 2023
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French Film, 2023
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F-1, 2024
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Gen X, 2025
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Golf AA, 2024
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Graffiti Street Art, 2019
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Hip Hop B, 2018
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Hip Hop Box V, 2017
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Jazz H, 2016
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Marilyn Monroe, 2024
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Music CNT, 2022
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Music HT, 2024
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Music V, 2016
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Music VQ, 2020
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Music V9, 2019
75 x 39 in., Ed. 2AP
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Music YP, 2022
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Photography 2, 2014
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Pizza SQ, 2025
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Psychology, 2015
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RAF, 2018
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RAFF AC, 2022
48 in. x 100’ in., Ed. 2AP
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RAFF CV, 2020
48 x 100 in., Ed. 5 & 2 AP
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RAFF SQ, 2019
40 x 44 in., Ed. 2AP
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RAFF 2, 2017
48 x 100 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
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Rock & Roll B, 2016
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Rock & Roll NH, 2019
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Rock AB, 2022
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Rock AV, 2019
75 x 39 in., Ed. 2AP
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Rock B&W I, 2024
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Rock BND, 2022
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Rock BQ, 2020
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ROCK CB V, 2024
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Rock CD, 2019
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Rock CDA, 2021
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Rock CN V, 2021
75 x 39 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
91 x 48 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
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Rock Film 2, 2019
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Rock MB, 2022
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Rock MC, 2018
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Rock MD V, 2022
75 x 39 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
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rock M6, 2025
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Rock RAR, 2018
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Rock RG, 2021
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Rock SA V, 2021
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Rock SM, 2023
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Rock SQ CO, 2021
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Rock SQ GR, 2024
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Rock SQ JP, 2023
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Rock SQ WF, 2025
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Rock SQ XZ, 2024
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Rock SQ 7, 2020
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Rock WA, 2019
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Rock WMN V, 2019
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Rock WSR, 2018
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Rock WV4, 2018
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Rock WV5, 2018
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Rock WV 6, 2019
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Rock W5, 2016
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Rock W8, 2017
48 x 100 in., Ed. 2AP
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ROCK ZEG V, 2024
75 x 39 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
91 x 48 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
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Rock ZG, 2020
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Rock 3S, 2018
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Rock 3SZ, 2019
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Rock 60 & 70 BC, 2018
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Rock 70 & 80 2, 2019
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Rock 71, 2021
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rock 80’s Z, 2024
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Science, 2014
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Ski WSR, 2022
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Ski 25, 2025
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Soccer, 2017
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Soccer SQ, 2019
40 x 44 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
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Sport BOX, 2017
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SportS Hockey, 2016
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sport ski V2, 2025
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Sports SQ, 2017
40 x 44 in., Ed. 5 & 2AP
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Sport 24, 2024
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Super Heroes B, 2018
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Tennis SQ, 2022
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Travel 2, 2016
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Overview
"Grossman returns time and again to these bookscapes to not only reflect on the changing nature of books and photographs in the present times but to also insist on the dreamlike potential of books."
Two objects that have punctuated key moments in the history of Western modernity have undergone a process of radical transformation since the advent of the digital: books and photographs. Max Steven Grossman’s Bookscapes question these transformations. Printed large enough to pass as an actual library, these images point to the gradual loss of paper books, specially those that inhabited homes and fostered learning, dreaming, escapes. These surface-only libraries are now commodities of the art world, that can be purchased according to themes -art, film, music, fashion- and literally reproduce both the classic cataloguing systems of libraries, as well as the fantasies and desires of their owners.
Yet these images are composites, collages in Grossman’s own words. The books in every image have never quite been placed in that way except in the virtual space of his computer. Grossman photographs some of the books in bookstores he visits, others he finds floating in the sea of Internet images. He builds collections, and then chooses from his own image banks. When looked at from a close distance, you can see that each book spine has a distinct image quality, revealing their different provenance, their composite or collage character. Grossman returns time and again to these bookscapes to not only reflect on the changing nature of books and photographs in the present times but to also insist on the dreamlike potential of books. Books that keep hidden within their covers secrets that can only be revealed if you enter them, dive into the pages, allow for the physical world to be taken over by the virtual world offered.
Max Steven Grossman was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1971. He originally studied engineering and graduated from the University of Philadelphia in 1994. Soon after, he discovered his passion in life for photography. In 2000, Max Steven graduated from New York University and the International Center of Photography with a Master of Arts specializing in photography. Max Steven Grossman's photographs have been exhibited in museums such as Beatriz Esguerra art in Bogota, Colombia; Museum of Modern Art in Cartagena, Colombia; Museum of Modern Art in Barranquilla and other galleries in Miami, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires and Toronto.