Mitch Kern is a Canadian/American photographer whose work explores the social landscape through constructed and observational portraiture.  

COUPLES investigates how partners negotiate power within intimate relationships, FACES examines the face as a socially constructed site of meaning shaped by cultural norms, MASKED considers social belonging and the performance of identity in suburban environments, and TIME MACHINE plays with disorientation produced by temporal displacement. 

Born and raised in the Unites States, he holds a BA from the University of Maryland and an MFA from Penn State University. 

His work has been included in over fifty group exhibitions, ten solo shows, and has received numerous, grants, awards, residencies, and commissions.