Richard Kalvar
American photographer (born 1944)
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Richard Kalvar (born 1944) is an American photographer who has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1975.[1]
Kalvar has had a solo exhibition at Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris.
Life and work
Kalvar was born in Brooklyn, New York. A trip to Europe in 1966 with a Pentax camera given him by French fashion photographer Jérôme Ducrot (with whom Kalvar worked in New York as an assistant) inspired him to become a photographer. On his return to New York he worked at Modernage photo lab.[2] Two years later he moved to Paris and joined Agence Vu photography agency.[3]
Kalvar has worked around the world, especially in England, France, Italy, Japan and the United States.[4]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- Agathe Gaillard Gallery, Paris[citation needed]
- 2007: Terrans, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris[5]
- 2008: Retrospective, Casal Solleric, Illes Balears, Spain[6]
- 2010: Earthlings: Retrospective, Städtische Galerie Iserlohn, Iserlohn, Germany[7]
Group exhibitions
Publications
Publications by Kalvar
- Familles en France. France: Viva, 1973.
- L’Usine. France: Colgate Palmolive, 1987, ASIN B004AEYWEC.
- Portrait de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. France: P.O. Calmann-Lévy, 1993, ISBN 978-2-7021-2163-4.
- Earthlings. Flammarion, 2007, ISBN 978-2-08-030009-6.
Publications with others
- Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. ISBN 978-0-500-54393-1. Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.