Alexander Vertikoff Photography

Alexander Vertikoff is one of the leading photographers in the United States. For forty years his award winning images have been on hundreds of covers and articles in magazines such as Architectural Digest, and the New York Times, as well as on the cover of every issue of the world famous and legendary American Bungalow magazine (95 and counting). He has been the principal architectural and promotional photographer for the J. Paul Getty Trust’s Villa and Center, the Gamble House, The Driehaus Museum, Pebble Beach Company, The Skirball Cultural Center, and others. Though living in New Mexico his clients keep him traveling throughout the United States. Vertikoff’s books include; The Gamble House: Building Paradise in California from CityFiles Press and USC So Various Are The Forms It Assumes: American Arts & Crafts Furniture from the Two Red Roses Foundation (Two Red Roses Foundation 2014) The Monroe Building: A Chicago Masterpiece Rediscovered (City Files Press 2014) Greene & Greene: Developing A California Architecture (Gibbs Smith 2011), Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home (City Files Press 2009), At Home in the Heartland (Peregrine Smith, 2008), The Architecture of Entertainment: L.A. in the twenties (Peregrine Smith, 2006), Craftsman Style (Abrams 2004). Bungalow Nation (Abrams 2002), Stickley Style: Arts Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition (Simon & Schuster 1999), Greene & Greene: Masterworks (Chronicle 1998), The Los Angeles Biltmore (Archetype Press 1998), Hidden L. A. (Peregrine Smith 1998), Weird Rooms (Pomegranate 1996), American Bungalow Style (Simon & Schuster 1996, 1997, 1998). His work has been featured in Hearst Ranch: Family, Land, and Legacy (Abrams 2013), The Wright Style (1992), Of Houses & Time (1992), Mexican Country Style (1997), A Child’s Garden (1998), The Arts & Crafts Guidebook (Archetype Press 1998) and numerous calendars, posters and postcards. Vertikoff was the first foreign artist to have a traveling exhibit of photographs in The People’s Republic of China. He holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from California Institute of the Arts.