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Photography |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| USA | 56 |
| France | 31 |
| Germany | 19 |
| United Kingdom | 10 |
| Italy | 10 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
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Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Belgium |
6 |
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ICP - International Center of Photography, USA |
6 |
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Polka Galerie, France |
5 |
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Howard Greenberg Gallery, USA |
5 |
Biography: 
1928 Born in New York, NY (US)
Lives and works in Paris (FR)
Died in (FR)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 174
Solo shows 37
2012
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| William Klein: Paintings Etc - HackelBury Fine Art Limited, London (England) |
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| William Klein - Rome + Klein - Maison de la Photographie, Lille |
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| William Klein - In & Out Of Fashion - Espace Soardi, Nice |
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| New York. 1955 - Moscow House of Photography, Moscow |
2011
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| Rome + Klein - Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
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| Klein + 10 collectionneurs - Galerie Le Réverbère, Lyon |
2010
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| William Klein - Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp |
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| William Klein - Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA |
2008
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| William Klein - Forma - Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan |
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| Painted Contacts - Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris |
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| William Klein - Dressage - Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
2007
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| Life is art art is life, maybe - Galerie Lumiere, Seoul |
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| William Klein - Films+Photos Books & Painting - MMCA Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki |
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| Prints 1955 - 2007 - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY |
2005
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| William Klein - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
2004
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| Paris + Klein - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| William Klein - Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo |
2003
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| William Klein - Old and new work - Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp |
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| William Klein - Tokyo 1961 - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Street Smarts: Photographs by William Klein - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
2002
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| Parigi + Klein - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome |
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| Paris + Klein - Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
2001
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| William Klein - Painted Contacts 1996-2001 - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
1998
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| New York 1954-55. William Klein - Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño |
1997
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| William Klein: New York 1954-55 - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome |
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| William Klein - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| William Klein - Fotografien - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
1994
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| William Klein: In and Out of Fashion - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
1992
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| William Klein - Galerie Mosel und Tschechow , Munich |
1990
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| William Klein - Konsthallen Trollhättan, Trollhättan |
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| William Klein - Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg |
1989
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| William Klein - Close up - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
1987
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| William Klein - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
1983
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| William Klein - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
1982
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| William Klein - Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki |
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| William Klein - Le Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse |
1980
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| William Klein - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
Group shows 137
2013
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| [blv] 5, Finir En Beauté - Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon sur Saône |
2012
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| Fashion Clicks - Photographica Fine Art, Lugano |
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| New York: Stieglitz to Titarenko - Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| William Klein + Daido Moriyama - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| William Klein and Daido Moriyama - ARGENTIC, Paris |
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| William Klein /Daido Moriyama - Polka Galerie, Paris |
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| Gaze - The Changing Face of Portrait Photography - Istanbul Modern, Istanbul |
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| Howard Greenberg, Collection - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
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| Collection Freddy Denaës - Ex nugis seria - Le Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse |
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| American Photography - Flo Peters Gallery , Hamburg |
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| Beyond Words: Photography in The New Yorker - UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing |
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| Gun - Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, CO |
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| Der Mensch und seine Objekte - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
2011
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| Beyond Style - Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp |
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| Salon Style - Atlas Gallery, London (England) |
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| Vanity - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
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| Dangerously Young - Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent |
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| Eyes On Paris - Paris Im Fotobuch 1890 Bis Heute - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Harper's Bazaar: A Decade of Style - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
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| Fashion - The Story Of A Lifetime - Noorderlicht Fotogalerie, Groningen |
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| No Title, No Theme - Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp |
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| New Yorker Fiction/Real Photography - Steven Kasher Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Masters of American Photography - Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ |
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| The Industrial Modern - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI |
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| Night Vision: Photography After Dark / The Howard Gilman Gallery, 2nd floor - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY |
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| Itinérances (#13) - Polka Galerie, Paris |
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| Of women´s modesty and anger - Villa Empain - Boghossian Foundation, Brussels |
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| Conversations: Photography from the Bank of America - MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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| Zeitgeist & Glamour - NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf |
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| Viewing Rm. - Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC |
2010
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| Staff Picks 2010 - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Ali + Klein & Co (#11) - Polka Galerie, Paris |
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| The Unseen Eye: Photography from the collection of W.M. Hunt - Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL |
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| Photo Saint-Germain-des-Près - Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris |
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| New York, New York - L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York City, NY |
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| Polaroid Icons - Opus Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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| Art Paris 2010 - Polka Galerie, Paris |
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| Action! (#8) - Polka Galerie, Paris |
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| Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959 - Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
2009
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| The Magic of Photography - Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID |
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| Colleziona 2010 La scena e il sogno delle fotografie - Forma - Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan |
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| Something for Everyone - Hamiltons Gallery, London (England) |
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| EX NUGIS SERIA d'Afrique et d'ailleurs... - Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur Marne |
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| Icons - Galerie Stephen Hoffman, Munich |
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| Masters of Photography - Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp |
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| a BLACK & WHITE show - Galerie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie, Paris |
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| Polaroid - Atlas Gallery, London (England) |
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| Picturing the Process: The Photograph as Witness - The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA |
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| Glitz & Grime: Photographs of Times Square - Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| A Gallerist's Choice-Group Show - Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (England) |
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| Dans l'oeil du critique - Bernard Lamarche-Vadel et les artistes - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris |
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| Reality Revisted - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Fashion is Big - Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL |
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| This Is Not a Fashion Photograph: Selections from the ICP Collection - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
2008
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| Une place apparemment inoffensive - Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur Marne |
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| EL ARCHIVO UNIVERSAL. La condición del documento y la utopía fotográfica moderna - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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| Mujeres en plural - Fundacion Canal, Madrid |
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| Street & Studio. Eine urbane Geschichte der Fotografie - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
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| One Way, One Ticket - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
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| Modern Photographs—The Machine, the Body and the City - Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY |
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| Photography Now - HackelBury Fine Art Limited, London (England) |
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| Street Art, Street Life - Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), New York City, NY |
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| Fashion in the Mirror: Self-Reflection in Fashion Photography - The Photographers' Gallery, London (England) |
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| Fashion Photography - ArteF Fine Art Photography Gallery, Zurich |
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| Street & Studio: an urban history of photography - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Amb i contra el cinema. Entorn del Maig del 68 - Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona |
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| Times Square - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children - DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA |
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| Kolekcja Transphotographiques - Stary Browar, Poznan |
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| POST-WAR PERSPECTIVES 1945 -1960 - Laurence Miller Gallery, New York City, NY |
2007
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| The New York Scholl 1936-63 - Galerie Stephen Hoffman, Munich |
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| Photographic Formalities: From Ansel Adams to Weegee - Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL |
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| 25 years A Celebration - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| RETRATOS DE OTRO SIGLO. Colección fotográfica del Ayuntamiento de Vigo - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Italie - doubles vision - Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
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| On the Street - The New York School of Photographers - Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ |
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| Mapping the City - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| Fashion - Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (England) |
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| New York, NY - Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp |
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| Accrochage - Galerie Stephen Hoffman, Munich |
2006
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| Colleziona - Forma - Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan |
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| L'Humain dans la Collection de l'Imagerie - L´Imagerie, Lannion |
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| The Streets of New York: American Photographs from the Collection, 1938–1958 - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| The street: Pioneers of 20th-century photography - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
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| The Beach - 2006 - Zabriskie Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Mass Media Manipultion - Photomeetings, Luxembourg |
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| Groupshow - Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg |
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| Summer Vacation - Photographs from the Collection - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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| A Curator´s Eye: The Visual Legacy of Robert A. Sobieszek - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| AFAL 1956-1963 - El grupo Fotográfico - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Sevilla |
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| My Collection - Museo Ken Damy, Brescia |
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| Passeur d´Images - Aliceday, Brussels |
2005
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| Invito al Collezionismo - Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan |
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| Storie di sguardi - Forma - Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan |
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| Magic Moments II Exhibition - Leica Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC |
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| On The Street - The New York School of Photographers - Center for Creative Photography - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
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| La Photographie á l'Épreuve - IAC - Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne |
2004
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| Wer bietet mehr? - Fünfzehn Jahre Deichtorhallen Hamburg - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Paris des photographes - Fotografien aus der Sammlung des Centre Georges Pompidou - Kunstmuseum Kloster unserer lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Magdeburg |
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| Important Photographs from a Private Swiss Collection - Laurence Miller Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Photography from the Book to the Museum - MNAC Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona |
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| Italia. Doppie visioni - Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome |
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| Je m'installe aux Abattoirs - La collection d'art contemporain d'Agnès b. - les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse |
2003
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| Herb Ritts Private Collection - Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Group Show - Rebecca Container Gallery, Genoa |
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| Pelé - The King Through The Eye of The Camera - Elastic Residence, London (England) |
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| New York - Capitale de la photographie (1900 – 2000) - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
2002
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| New York: Capital of Photography - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI |
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| Sans commune mesure - Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing |
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| Through the Looking Glass - Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| New York - Capital of Photography - The Jewish Museum of New York, New York City, NY |
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| Oeil pour oeil: Collection Privée de Lyon - Le RECTANGLE - Centre d´Art de la Ville de Lyon, Lyon |
2001
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| Masquerades - University of Virginia Art Museums - The Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA |
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| Presence and Loss - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Ciudad abierta: Fotografía urbana 1950-2000 - Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao |
2000
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| Process / Reprocess - Japan and the West - Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York City, NY |
1999
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| Augenblick und Endlichkeit - Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
1998
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| Backstage - Serge Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Fifty from the Fifties - Galerie Utermann, Dortmund |
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| L. Fritz Gruber - Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne |
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| Waterproof/A Prova de Agua - Centro Cultural de Belém - CCB, Lisbon |
1997
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| The Last Party: Nightworld in Photographs - Serge Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1996
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| L'œil du collectionneur - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| By Night - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| The Gun: Icon of Twentieth Century Art - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY |
1994
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| temporary translations - Sammlung Schürmann - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
1991
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| La Vitesse - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1990
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| Group Show - - Galerie Max Hetzler - Cologne, Cologne (closed, 1993) |
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| The Indomitable Spirit: Photographers And Artists Respond In The Time Of Aids - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
1988
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| Master Photographs From the "Photography in the Fine Arts" Exhibitions, 1959–1967 - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
1987
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| Le geste oublié - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1982
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| Les choix de l'œil : la photographie depuis 1940 - Musee du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup, QC |
1981
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| Les choix de l'œil : la photographie depuis 1940 - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1980
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| Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
1964
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| The Photographer's Eye - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
| Dealer Directory 17 |
Belgium
| | Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp
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Canada
| | Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
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France
| | Galerie Le Réverbère, Lyon
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Germany
| | Galerie Stephen Hoffman, Munich
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Italy
South Korea
United Kingdom
| | Eyestorm, London (England)
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| | HackelBury Fine Art Limited, London (England)
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| | Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (England)
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USA
| | Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
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| | Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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| | Guy Hepner Contemporary, West Hollywood, CA
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| | Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
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Austria
Canada
| | National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
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| | Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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Denmark
| | Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Copenhagen
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France
| | FRAC - Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême
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| | Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
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| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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| | Musée Régional D'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan
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| | IAC - Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne
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Japan
| | Yokohama Museum of Art, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
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| | National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (MOMAT), Tokyo
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Switzerland
| | Fotostiftung Schweiz (Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie), Winterthur
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USA
| | MoCP - The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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| | Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
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| | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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