"Absence of Subject," Somoroff's "unconventional homage" to photographer August Sander, was first presented during the 2011 Venice Biennale on Piazza San Marc.Somoroff's work is held in art collections of Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; ; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and Museo Correr; it has been exhibited at the International Center of Photography; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.