Henri Silberman was born in Paris, grew up in Brooklyn and has been photographing cities and nature since he was in high school.

"I bought my first camera when I was 16. It was a Mamiya Sekor 1000 TL 35 mm. I paid $225 for it and didn't have the change to get home on the subway. I haven't stopped shooting since. Now, I work in medium and large format."

Cities with all their contradictions have been a stimulus for Silberman's visual representation of the urban landscape.

"Wherever I am, it's the crowd, a gesture, the pace, the culture and the architecture. What keeps me going as a photographer? I work every day; shooting, editing and re-shooting; learning as I go; ideally creating photos that surprise me, that have an emotional resonance."

Silberman's photographs have been exhibited and published internationally. His work is represented in corporate collections and has been used in movies and television productions.

His book Stone Bench in an Empty Park was published by Orchard Books in 2000.