Keld Helmer-Petersen

*1920-2013 / Denmark

Works

Solo exhibitions

Fotografiets frontløber

BRANDTS, Odense (DK)
14 Nov 2026 – 19 Sep 2027
early photographs

Rocket Gallery, London (GB)
11 Jun 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Finding Beauty

The pioneer of Danish Art Photography Keld Helmer-Petersen

National Collection Photo, Copenhagen (DK)
14 Jul 2019 – 11 Jan 2020
Un Autre monde

Maison du Danemark, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2014 – 18 Dec 2014
122 Color Photographs

Yossi Milo Gallery, New York (US)
17 Jul 2014 – 29 Aug 2014
winter graphics

Rocket Gallery, London (GB)
16 Nov 2007 – 26 Jan 2008
1945-1995

Rocket Gallery, London (GB)
9 Dec 2005 – 19 Feb 2006
Retrospektivt

Fotografisk Center, København (DK)
9 Oct 2005 – 20 Nov 2005
De tidlige år

Fotografisk Center, København (DK)
10 Jul 2005 – 21 Aug 2005

Group

Self-Staged

Copenhagen Photo Festival 2019

The Theatre Museum, Copenhagen (DK)
8 Jun 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Jacob Aue Sobol, Henrik Brahe, Asger Carlsen, Ole Christiansen, Krass Clement, Torben Eskerod, Joakim Eskildsen, Marie Hald, Tine Harden, Jacob Holdt, Ditte Haarlov Johnsen …
What the camera saw

highlights from our photo collection

BRANDTS, Odense (DK)
9 Feb 2018 – 12 Aug 2018

with Diane Arbus, Pia Arke, Stig Brogger, Peter Brandes, Sophie Calle, Krass Clement, Mads Gamdrup, Marianne Grondahl, Per Bak Jensen, Kirsten Klein, Soren Lose, Stuart McIntyre …
I grandi maestri. 100 anni di fotografia Leica

Complesso del Vittoriano, Roma (IT)
16 Nov 2017 – 18 Feb 2018

with Erich Angenendt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Bernd Arnold, Ellen Auerbach, Julia Baier, Bruno Barbey, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Willi Beutler, Ilse Bing, Werner Bischof, Valerio Bispuri, Edouard Boubat …
l’Eloge de la Couleur

Maison Européenne de la Photographie

Paris Expo - Salon de la Photo, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2014 – 17 Nov 2014

with Harry Callahan, William Eggleston, Bernard Faucon, Franco Fontana, Luigi Ghirri, Ralph Gibson, Saul Leiter, Joel Meyerowitz
Experiments in Abstraction

Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York (US)
18 Sep 2014 – 8 Nov 2014

with Margaret Bourke-White, Gordon Coster, Robert Doisneau, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Daniel Masclet, Herbert Matter, Nino Migliori, Edward Quigley, Flip Schulke, Edward Steichen, Claude Tolmer
Perspectives on Black & White

Peter Lav Gallery, København (DK)
11 Mar 2011 – 30 Apr 2011

with Jakob Jensen, Soren Lose, Anna Nordquist-Andersson, Clare Strand, Signe Vad
COLOUR before COLOR

1970's European Color Photography <br>curated by MARTIN PARR

Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
7 Jun 2007 – 18 Aug 2007

with Luigi Ghirri, John Hinde, Peter Mitchell, Carlos Perez Siquier, Ed van der Elsken
Contemporary Danish Photography

FotoFest, Houston (US)
1 Feb 2007 – 11 Mar 2007

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Atila, Jacob Aue Sobol, Nanna Bisp Büchert, Henrik Brahe, Ole Christiansen, Krass Clement, Colonel, Tina Enghoff, Torben Eskerod, Mads Gamdrup, Charlotte Haslund-Christensen …
FOTO: New Photography from Denmark

92 images by 27 artists

Scandinavia House, New York (US)
20 Sep 2006 – 11 Nov 2006

with Nanna Bisp Büchert, Henrik Brahe, Krass Clement, Tina Enghoff, Torben Eskerod, Charlotte Haslund-Christensen, Camilla Holmgren, Nicolai Howalt, Per Bak Jensen, Adam Jeppesen, Fie Johansen, Kirsten Klein …
Scandinavian Photography 2: Denmark

Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College, Grinnell (US)
2 Jul 2005 – 4 Sep 2005

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Atila, Jacob Aue Sobol, Nanna Bisp Büchert, Henrik Brahe, Ole Christiansen, Krass Clement, Colonel, Tina Enghoff, Torben Eskerod, Mads Gamdrup, Charlotte Haslund-Christensen …

Events

Copenhagen Photo Festival 2019

CPF celebrating 10 years

Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
6 Jun 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Miia Autio, Roger Ballen, Asger Carlsen, Anna Domnick, Mary Frey, Franziska Gilli, Jan Grarup, Garrett O. Hansen, Per Bak Jensen, Gerry Johansson, Tove Kurtzweil, Mathias Lovgreen …