Paul Graham (photographer)
Paul Graham (born 1956) is an English fine-art photographer whose work has been exhibited, published and collected internationally. In 2009, he won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. He is also a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellow (1983), and a Guggenheim Fellow (2010).
Life and career
Paul Graham has been a prolific and well published artist, including two survey monographs, by SteidlMACK (2009) and Phaidon (1996), along with 10 other publications. One book, Empty Heaven, is devoted to Japan,[1] another A Shimmer of Possibility, comprises 12 volumes examining the USA.[2] His work has been exhibited extensively - notably participating in the Italian Pavilion of the 49th Venice Biennale (2001), the inaugural exhibition at Switzerland's national Fotomuseum Winterthur, and most recently a solo exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art.[3] He was one of the 24 photographers included in the Tate Gallery's landmark "Cruel and Tender" survey exhibition of 20th century photography (2003),[4] and a European mid career survey exhibition at Museum Folkwang, Essen, and touring from 2009-2011 to the Deichtorhallen, Germany and Whitechapel Gallery, London.
Bibliography
- A1—The Great North Road Grey Editions, 1983.
- Beyond Caring Grey Editions, 1985.
- Troubled Land Grey Editions, 1986.
- In Umbra Res National Museum of Photography, Bradford, 1991.
- New Europe Fotomuseum Winterthur, 1992.
- Empty Heaven Scalo, 1995.
- End of an Age Scalo, 1998.
- Paintings Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, 2000.
- American Night SteidlMACK, 2003.
- a shimmer of possibility SteidlMACK, 2007. (12 volume hardback)
- Paul Graham SteidlMACK, 2009.
- a shimmer of possibility SteidlMACK, 2009 (paperback).
- Films MACK, 2011.
Exhibitions
- Paul Graham. Photographs 1981-2006, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK 2011
- Paul Graham. Fotografien 1981-2006, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany 2010
- Paul Graham. Fotografien 1981-2006, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany 2009
- a shimmer of possibility, MoMA, New York, 2009
- Paul Graham, La Fabrica, Madrid, Spain 2006
- Click Double Click, The Documentary Factor, Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels.
- Paul Graham, Arles Rencontres, Arles, France 2006
- American Pictures, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
- American Night, PS1, New York 2003
- American Night, Power House, Memphis, TN 2003
- American Night, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London 2003
- End of an Age, Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich 1998
- End of an Age, Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh 1998
- Hypermetropia, Tate Gallery, London 1996
- Empty Heaven, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg 1995
- New Europe, Fotomuseum Winterthur 1993
Public collections
- Arts Council of Great Britain, London
- British Council, London
- Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen
- European Parliament, Brussels
- Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur[5]
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
- Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- National Museum of Photography, Bradford
- The Saint Louis Art Museum, MO
- Tate Gallery, London
- Victoria & Albert Museum, London
- Winnipeg Art Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- The Whitney Museum of Art, New York
Notes
- ^ Bettina Lockemann, Das Fremde sehen: Der europäische Blick auf Japan in der künstlerischen Dokumentarfotografie (Transcript, 2008; ISBN 3837610403), p.211 (here at Google Books).
- ^ A Shimmer of Possibility: Photographs by Paul Graham' on Artabase
- ^ A Shimmer of Possibility: Photographs by Paul Graham' on Artabase
- ^ Tate Modern past exhibition list ([1])
- ^ His photographs at Fotomuseum Winterthur. Accessed 17 September 2010.
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