John Stezaker

♂ *1949 / United Kingdom

Works

News

DEUTSCHE BÖRSE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2012

Deutsche Börse, Eschborn (DE)

Solo exhibitions

The Mirror of Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico

Feral Institute, London (GB)
12 Sep 2026 – 4 Dec 2026
Moons & Worlds

Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln (DE)
6 Feb 2026 – 1 Apr 2026
Kisses and Trains

IMA - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
24 Jan 2026 – 29 Mar 2026
The Secret Life of Puppets

Exile, Wien (AT)
14 Mar 2025 – 3 May 2025
Strange Love

Collages

Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (BE)
12 Oct 2024 – 24 Nov 2024
Spell

The Approach, London (GB)
6 Sep 2024 – 28 Sep 2024
Spell

The Approach, London (GB)
6 Sep 2024 – 28 Sep 2024
spells

Kaufmann Repetto, Milano (IT)
30 May 2023 – 4 Aug 2023
Double Shadow

The Approach, London (GB)
24 Feb 2022 – 26 Mar 2022
John Stezaker

Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli (IT)
26 Nov 2021 – 28 Feb 2022
At the Edge of Pictures

Works 1975 - 1990

Luxembourg + Co., London (GB)
2 Oct 2020 – 5 Dec 2020
Cross

Kaufmann Repetto, Milano (IT)
30 May 2019 – 21 Sep 2019
Portrait

National Portrait Gallery, London (GB)
11 May 2019 – 1 Sep 2019
She

Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln (DE)
22 Feb 2019 – 30 Mar 2019
Lost World

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
21 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018
Collages

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
9 Oct 2018 – 3 Nov 2018
Lost World

Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch (NZ)
24 Mar 2018 – 22 Jul 2018
John Stezaker

The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (GB)
1 Dec 2017 – 24 Jun 2018
Love

The Approach, London (GB)
15 Feb 2018 – 25 Mar 2018
Lost World

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth (NZ)
9 Dec 2017 – 4 Mar 2018
The Voyeur: Photoroman Collages, 1976-1979

Petzel Gallery, New York (US)
10 Nov 2017 – 6 Jan 2018
Lost World

City Gallery Wellington, Wellington (NZ)
26 Aug 2017 – 19 Nov 2017
Horse

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (GB)
16 Jun 2017 – 3 Sep 2017
John Stezaker in dialogue with Marcel Broodthaers

Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (BE)
13 Oct 2016 – 26 Nov 2016
COLLAGES

Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam (NL)
24 Jan 2015 – 24 May 2015
The Projectionist

The Approach, London (GB)
12 Mar 2015 – 19 Apr 2015
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Petzel Gallery, New York (US)
9 Oct 2014 – 8 Nov 2014
Collages

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney (AU)
26 Jul 2014 – 6 Sep 2014
JOHN STEZAKER

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
6 Sep 2013 – 27 Oct 2013
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Capitain Petzel, Berlin (DE)
27 Jun 2013 – 31 Aug 2013
Nude and Landscape

Petzel Gallery, New York (US)
8 May 2013 – 27 Jun 2013
ONE ON ONE

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (IL)
18 Jan 2013 – 18 May 2013
Blind

The Approach, London (GB)
15 Feb 2013 – 17 Mar 2013
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Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln (DE)
2 Mar 2012 – 7 Apr 2012
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Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
18 Jun 2011 – 18 Sep 2011
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Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
29 Jan 2011 – 18 Mar 2011
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Kunstverein Freiburg , Freiburg (DE)
17 Sep 2010 – 7 Nov 2010
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Capitain Petzel, Berlin (DE)
18 Sep 2010 – 30 Oct 2010
Tabula Rasa

The Approach, London (GB)
29 Jan 2010 – 21 Mar 2010
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Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln (DE)
5 Sep 2009 – 7 Nov 2009
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Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf (DE)
15 Nov 2008 – 20 Dec 2008
Fumetti

GAK Gesellschaft Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (DE)
30 Aug 2008 – 9 Nov 2008
Masks

The Approach, London (GB)
22 Nov 2007 – 20 Jan 2008
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Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (GB)
2 Nov 2007 – 19 Jan 2008
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Karsten Schubert, London (GB)
8 Oct 2007 – 21 Dec 2007
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Stills Center Photography, Edinburgh (GB)
27 Jul 2007 – 28 Oct 2007
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The Approach, London (GB)
2 Nov 2006 – 17 Dec 2006
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Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf (DE)
16 Sep 2006 – 28 Oct 2006
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Norwich Gallery, Norwich (GB)
27 Apr 2006 – 3 Jun 2006
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The Approach, London (GB)
4 Nov 2004 – 19 Dec 2004

Group

In Plain Sight

Photography, Power and Public Space in Britain

MATÈRIA, Roma (IT)
5 Dec 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

with Anna Fox, Jermaine Francis, Sunil Gupta, Karen Knorr, MacDonaldStrand, Sarah Pickering, Bettina von Zwehl
Consider Listening

haubrok projects, Berlin (DE)
6 Apr 2025 – 6 Jul 2025

with Ahmet Oeguet, Ilit Azoulay, Monica Bonvicini, Willem de Rooij, Sam Durant, Charles Gaines, Douglas Gordon, Mona Hatoum, Alfredo Jaar, Rashid Johnson, Oliver Laric, Louise Lawler …
GROW IT, SHOW IT!

Haare im Blick von A look at hair from Diane Arbus to TikTok

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
13 Sep 2024 – 12 Jan 2025

with Robert Adamson, Hoda Afshar, Laura Aguilar, Diane Arbus, Ellen Auerbach, AWA Magazine, BALAM, Jürgen Baldiga, Carina Brandes, BRAVO, Nakeya Brown, Tessica Brown …
When Images Collide

Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie - The Lives and Loves of Images

Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen (DE)
29 Feb 2020 – 13 Sep 2020

with Jeff Cowen, John Divola, Stephane Duroy, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Aaron Hegert, Sohrab Hura, Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni, David Jimenez, Christoph Klauke, Hotaka Koike, Peter Puklus, Timm Rautert …
MASKE

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (CH)
1 Sep 2019 – 5 Jan 2020

with Kader Attia, Edson Chagas, Helene Delprat, Cecilia Edefalk, Theaster Gates, Douglas Gordon, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Cameron Jamie, Christian Marclay, Elodie Pong, Ugo Rondinone, Markus Schinwald …
La Vérité Déguisée (The Truth in Disguise).

GESTE Paris, Paris (FR)
5 Nov 2019 – 30 Nov 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Laia Abril, Sebastiaan Bremer, Nicole Cohen, Joan Fontcuberta, Andreas Gursky, Idris Khan, Tom Lovelace, Christer Stroemholm, Yuken Teruya, Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen)
Postcards

News from a dream world

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
1 Jul 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Eric Baudart, Fredi Casco, Moyra Davey, Walker Evans, Roc Herms, Susan Hiller, John Hinde, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Katia Kameli, Aglaia Konrad, Valerie Mrejen, Adam Page …
We love Photography!

20 Jahre Art Collection Deutsche Börse

Deutsche Börse, Eschborn (DE)
1 Feb 2019 – 24 May 2019

with Diane Arbus, Jessica Backhaus, Peter Bialobrzeski, Werner Bischof, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Mike Brodie, Joachim Brohm, Gerd Danigel, Bruce Davidson, John Davies, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Nikos Economopoulos …
Quel Amour!?

Museum CCB, Lisboa (PT)
11 Oct 2018 – 17 Feb 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Chantal Akerman, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Sophie Calle, Antoine d'Agata, Jeremy Deller, Nan Goldin, Todd Hido, Annette Messager, Duane Michals, Shirin Neshat …
Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
28 Sep 2018 – 17 Feb 2019

with Richard Billingham, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), Aleksandra Mir, Bedwyr Williams
Picture Fiction

Kenneth Josephson and Contemporary Photography

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
28 Apr 2018 – 31 Dec 2018

with Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Walead Beshty, Anne Collier, Robert Cumming, Jan Dibbets, Roe Ethridge, Rodney Graham, Dan Graham, Robert Heinecken, Leslie Hewitt, Joseph Jachna …
20th anniversary limited editions showcase

Launching special editions

PEER, London (GB)
2 Nov 2018 – 10 Nov 2018

with Cornelia Parker
Jamais laisser les photos trainer

Monica De Cardenas, Milano (IT)
17 May 2018 – 22 Sep 2018

with Johan Oesterholm, Linda Fregni Nagler, Jochen Lempert, Barbara Probst, Leticia Ramos, Alessandra Spranzi
ISelf Collection: Bumped Bodies

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
10 Apr 2018 – 12 Aug 2018

with Huma Bhabha, Enrico David, Tiane Doan na Champassak, Geoffrey Farmer, Georg Herold, Kati Horna, Sarah Lucas, Pipilotti Rist
Was vom Kino übrig blieb / The Remains of Cinema

Künstlerhaus Graz, Graz (AT)
10 Feb 2018 – 22 Apr 2018

with John Baldessari, Erica Baum, Anne Collier, Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Karl Holmqvist, Johann Lurf, Bernd Oppl, Eric Rondepierre, Constanze Ruhm, Hans Scheugl, Mika Taanila, Antoinette Zwirchmayr
Sublime Smoke

The Approach, London (GB)
1 Oct 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Lisa Oppenheim
The Still Point of the Turning World

Between Film and Photography

FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
23 Jun 2017 – 8 Oct 2017

with Morten Barker , Dirk Braeckman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Claerbout, Manon de Boer, Jason Dee, Nir Evron, Mekhitar Garabedian, Geert Goiris, Paul Graham, Guido Guidi, Mark Lewis …
EN LÉGER DIFFÉRÉ

Photographies de la télévision belge collectées et sauvegardées par la SONUMA

Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi (BE)
13 May 2017 – 24 Sep 2017

with Ignasi Aballi, Pol Bury, Tom Butler, Peter Downsbrough, Gilbert & George, Jean Le Gac, Jacques Lennep, Damien Roach
Revolt of the Sage

Blain|Southern, London (GB)
24 Nov 2016 – 21 Jan 2017

with Mark Lewis, Christian Marclay, David Noonan, Erin Shirreff
FotoFocus Biennial 2016

Photography, the Undocument

FotoFocus Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
1 Oct 2016 – 31 Oct 2016

with Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Slater Bradley, Bill Brandt, Sebastiaan Bremer, Frank Breuer, Lynne Cohen, John Divola, Elena Dorfman, Katrin Elvarsdottir, Patricia Esquivias …
L’autre visage

Portrait & expérimentations photographiques

Centre Photographique, Rouen (FR)
10 Jun 2016 – 1 Oct 2016

with Erwin Blumenfeld, Nathalie Boutte, Jonny Briggs, Julie Cockburn, Daniel Gordon, Jean-Francois Lepage, Birthe Piontek, Stephanie Solinas, Lorenzo Vitturi, Hannah Whitaker
Two / Each

Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston (US)
24 Oct 2015 – 5 Dec 2015

with Hendrik Kerstens, Allan McCollum, Cindy Sherman
Imagine Reality

RAY 2015

Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
20 Jun 2015 – 20 Sep 2015

with Sonja Braas, Barbara Breitenfellner, David Claerbout, Jonas Dahlberg, Jan Paul Evers, Joan Fontcuberta, Beate Guetschow, Barbara Kasten, Abelardo Morell, Viviane Sassen, Jan Tichy, Wolfgang Zurborn
MIRRORCITY

London artists on fiction and reality

Hayward Gallery, London (GB)
14 Oct 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Michael Dean, Tim Etchells, Anne Hardy, Susan Hiller, Helen Marten, Ursula Mayer, Laure Prouvost, Lindsay Seers
STILLS

<a href="http://www.fotofocusbiennial.org/" target="_blank">FotoFocus 2014 Cincinnati</a>

FotoFocus Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
26 Sep 2014 – 1 Nov 2014

with Talia Chetrit, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Moyra Davey, Paul Graham, Ryan McGinley, Matthew Porter, Barbara Probst
BLOW-UP

ANTONIONIS FILMKLASSIKER UND DIE FOTOGRAFIE

Albertina, Wien (AT)
30 Apr 2014 – 17 Aug 2014

with David Bailey, Shezad Dawood, Terence Donovan, Brian Duffy, Arthur Evans, Richard Hamilton, John Hilliard, Patrick Hunt, Jill Kennington, Don McCullin, David Montgomery, Terry O'Neill …
19th Biennale of Sydney

You Imagine What You Desire

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
21 Mar 2014 – 9 Jun 2014

with Ahmet Oeguet, Rosa Barba, Yael Bartana, David Claerbout, Bindi Cole, Nathan Coley, Joost Conijn, Henry Coombes, Hubert Czerepok, Tacita Dean, Krisztina Erdei, Aurelien Froment …
...all silent but for the buzzing

Royal College of Art, London (GB)
6 Mar 2014 – 23 Mar 2014

with Marlene Haring, Hassan Meer, Nastio Mosquito
Les Rencontres d'Arles 2013 - ARLES IN BLACK

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
1 Jul 2013 – 22 Sep 2013

with Miguel Angel Rojas, Nikolay Bakharev, Craig J. Barber, Taysir Batniji, Raed Bawayah, Guy Bourdin, Philippe Chancel, Jean-Louis Courtinat, Stéphane Couturier, Thibaut Cuisset, Raphael Dallaporta, John Davies …
KINO und der kinematografische Blick

MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen, Memmingen (DE)
23 Mar 2013 – 2 Jun 2013

with Omer Fast, Georg Parthen, Martina Sauter, Jason Silva, Clemens von Wedemeyer
Masquerade

International Contemporary Photography

High House Gallery, Oxford (GB)
1 Mar 2013 – 17 Mar 2013

with Jonny Briggs, Julie Cockburn, Anne Collier, Virgilio Ferreira, Alison Jackson, Matt Lipps
VISIBLE MERGE

Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston (US)
26 Jan 2013 – 9 Mar 2013

with John Baldessari, Frank Egloff, Robert Rauschenberg
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
10 Nov 2012 – 13 Jan 2013

with Pieter Hugo, Rinko Kawauchi, Christopher Williams
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012

Deutsche Börse, Eschborn (DE)
14 Sep 2012 – 31 Oct 2012

with Pieter Hugo, Rinko Kawauchi, Christopher Williams
PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2012

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
13 Jul 2012 – 9 Sep 2012

with Pieter Hugo, Rinko Kawauchi, Christopher Williams
OUT OF FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
23 Apr 2012 – 22 Jul 2012

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Olaf Breuning, Jonny Briggs, Elina Brotherus, Anders Clausen, Mat Collishaw, Matthew Day Jackson, JH Engstroem, Mitch Epstein, Andreas Gefeller, Luis Gispert …
Ventajas de viajar en tren

Parra & Romero, Madrid (ES)
15 Sep 2011 – 29 Oct 2011

with Thomas Bayrle, Hans Bellmer, Marcelo Cidade, Germaine Kruip, Lee Lozano, Robert Morris, Peter Roehr, Cerith Wyn Evans, Carey Young
Anti-Photography

Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea (GB)
17 Jan 2011 – 2 Apr 2011

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, William Anastasi, Walead Beshty, Mel Bochner, Anne Collier, Jan Dibbets, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ed Ruscha, Wolfgang Tillmans, James Welling
Faces

Monica De Cardenas, Milano (IT)
16 Sep 2010 – 13 Nov 2010

with Maurizio Anzeri, Wangechi Mutu
Amor Parvi oder Die Liebe zum Kleinen

Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen (DE)
5 Mar 2010 – 25 Apr 2010

with Ann Böttcher, Natalie Czech, Haris Epaminonda, Isa Genzken, Manuel Graf, Hannah Hoech, Timm Ulrichs
Source Codes

Sprüth Magers, Berlin (DE)
26 Jun 2009 – 29 Aug 2009

with Kenneth Anger, Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Bruce Conner, Richard Hamilton, David Lamelas, Ed Ruscha, Lucas Samaras, Paul Thek
desire acquire

Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich (CH)
24 Jan 2009 – 21 Mar 2009

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Ayse Erkmen, Ceal Floyer, Ryan Gander, Douglas Gordon, Jonathan Monk
DOUBLE FACE

Sammlung Verbund, Wien (AT)
31 Oct 2008 – 29 Nov 2008

with Drew Gilmore, Nan Goldin, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Lena Jürgensen, Ursula Kelm, Urs Luethi, Suzanne Lake, Ursula Mayer, Laura Ribero, Cindy Sherman, Hannah Wilke, David Wojnarowicz …
Fotografie aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank

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PalaisPopulaire, Berlin (DE)
3 Nov 2008 – 29 Nov 2008

with Michael Danner, Sabine Dehnel, Sharon Lockhart, Boris Mikhailov, Eva Schlegel, Annegret Soltau, Beat Streuli, Anett Stuth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Susa Templin, Gillian Wearing, Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) …
A Season in Hell

Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London (GB)
23 Jun 2006 – 30 Jul 2006

with Nicky Coutts, Amy Granat, Rachel Reupke
Tate Triennial 2006: New British Art

Tate Britain, London (GB)
1 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with Angela Bulloch, Gerard Byrne, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Luke Fowler, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Jonathan Monk, Cerith Wyn Evans
TIME LINES

Kunstverein Rheinlande, Düsseldorf (DE)
11 Dec 2005 – 19 Feb 2006

with Runa Islam
CUT

The Approach, London (GB)
24 Nov 2005 – 29 Jan 2006

with Cris Brodahl, Bruce Conner, Martin Westwood
Archiv & Erzählung

Kunstverein München, München (DE)
29 Jul 2005 – 3 Oct 2005

with T.J. Wilcox

Events

Frieze London 2026

Frieze Masters 2026

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
14 Oct 2026 – 18 Oct 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Eileen Agar, Francis Alys, Mohammed Alfaraj, Atong Atem, Tina Barney, Poulomi Basu, Ruth Bernhard, Inaki Bonillas, Stefan Brüggemann, Dirk Braeckman, Claude Cahun …
Art Basel 2024

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2024 – 16 Jun 2024

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Francis Alys, Claudia Andujar, Diane Arbus, Eric Baudelaire, Valerie Belin, Ilse Bing, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassai, Cabello & Carceller, Harry Callahan …
ART COLOGNE 2022

Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
18 Nov 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

with Erkan Oezgen, Heba Y. Amin, William Anastasi, Alvin Baltrop, Banz & Bowinkel, Rosa Barba, Matthew Barney, Lothar Baumgarten, Christiane Baumgartner, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Laurenz Berges, Gregory Bojorquez …
Art Antwerp 2021

Art Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
16 Dec 2021 – 19 Dec 2021

with Mohamed Bourouissa, Dirk Braeckman, Thorsten Brinkmann, Lisetta Carmi, Talia Chetrit, Anton Corbijn, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Katrien De Blauwer, Edith Dekyndt, Arpais Du Bois, Marcel Dzama, Latifa Echakhch …
50th Anniversary Fundraising Auction

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
10 Nov 2021 – 16 Nov 2021

with Maurizio Anzeri, Rineke Dijkstra, Elliott Erwitt, Ori Gersht, Paul Graham, Hassan Hajjaj, Horst P. Horst, Andre Kertesz, Nick Knight, Karen Knorr, Mary McCartney, Duane Michals …
2. Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie

The Lives and Loves of Images

Biennale aktuelle Fotografie, Mannheim (DE)
29 Feb 2020 – 28 Jun 2020

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Dennis Adams, Claudia Angelmaier, Jean-Marc Caimi, David Claerbout, Cortis & Sonderegger, Jeff Cowen, Tim Davis, Bieke Depoorter, John Divola, Stephane Duroy, Walker Evans …
IMAGINE REALITY

RAY 2015 Fotografieprojekte

RAY Triennial of Photography, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
20 Jun 2015 – 20 Sep 2015

with Sonja Braas, Barbara Breitenfellner, Sophie Calle, David Claerbout, Jonas Dahlberg, Cristina De Middel, Klaus Elle, Jan Paul Evers, Lucas Foglia, Joan Fontcuberta, Beate Guetschow, Joao Maria Gusmao og Pedro Paiva …
Les Rencontres d'Arles 2013 - ARLES IN BLACK

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
1 Jul 2013 – 22 Sep 2013

with Nikolay Bakharev, Craig J. Barber, Guy Bourdin, Raphael Dallaporta, John Davies, Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh, Gilbert Garcin, Pieter Hugo, Sergio Larrain, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Santu Mofokeng, Marcela Paniak …
Joel Sternfeld & Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)

with Rinko Kawauchi, Joel Sternfeld
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Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)