John Pfahl

Pfahl was born in New York City and grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey.[2] He is known for his landscape photography such as his 1974 "Altered Landscapes" series. He received a BFA from Syracuse University in the School of Art and his MA from Syracuse University in the School of Communications. He taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, from 1968 to 1983. Later he was professor at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. In 2012 he taught at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.

Pfahl died on April 15, 2020, in Buffalo, New York, of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[1][3]

• With Rebecca Solnit: Extreme Horticulture. London: Frances Lincoln, 2003. ISBN 978-0711220126.

Pfahl's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Art Institute of Chicago: 81 prints (as of January 2021)[4]
• Cleveland Museum of Art: 3 prints (as of January 2021)[5]
• George Eastman House International Museum of Photography[6]
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles[7]
• Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois: 17 prints (as of January 2021)[8]

• List of photographers
• Land art

• George Eastman House: John Pfahl
• Pfahl's site