Michel Comte

*1954 / Switzerland

Works

Solo exhibitions

Michel Comte

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
11 Jul 2026 – 29 Aug 2026
Erosion I

Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern (CH)
19 Nov 2020 – 29 Jan 2021
Icons

Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zürich (CH)
8 Mar 2019 – 18 May 2019
The Nineties

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
28 Jul 2018 – 15 Sep 2018
Light III

Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing (CN)
19 May 2018 – 10 Aug 2018
Black Light, White Light

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
29 Nov 2017 – 6 Jan 2018
Light

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
14 Nov 2017 – 10 Dec 2017
Retratos

La Térmica, Málaga (ES)
10 Feb 2017 – 14 May 2017
Retracos

La Térmica, Málaga (ES)
10 Feb 2017 – 14 May 2017
PERSONALITIES

Galerie 206, Berlin (DE)
21 Jan 2016 – 2 Apr 2016
MICHEL COMTE AND MILK, A COLLABORATION 1996-2016

Milk Gallery, New York (US)
20 Nov 2015 – 22 Dec 2015
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Kunst Haus Wien, Wien (AT)
17 Oct 2013 – 16 Feb 2014
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CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
9 Mar 2013 – 18 May 2013
Light & Structure

Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
18 May 2011 – 22 Jun 2011
Women Obsession

Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul (TR)
17 Sep 2010 – 17 Nov 2010
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Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich (CH)
30 Aug 2009 – 3 Jan 2010
Retrospective

acte2galerie, Paris (FR)
7 Sep 2009 – 30 Oct 2009
Retrospective

La Photographie Galerie, Brussels (BE)
29 May 2009 – 1 Aug 2009
Intimacies

LUMAS Editionsgalerie, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
29 May 2009 – 7 Jul 2009
Intimacies

LUMAS Zürich, Zürich (CH)
24 Apr 2009 – 9 Jun 2009
Retrospective

NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf (DE)
1 Feb 2009 – 10 May 2009
Intimacies

LUMAS Editionsgalerie, Stuttgart (DE)
23 Jan 2009 – 3 Mar 2009
Intimacies

LUMAS Editionsgalerie, Düsseldorf (DE)
23 Jan 2009 – 3 Mar 2009
Women and Classics. Russian Drive in Vogue

FOTOLOFT GALLERY, Moscow (RU)
30 Nov 2007 – 10 Feb 2008
Intimacies

LUMAS Editionsgalerie, München (DE)
28 Sep 2007 – 25 Nov 2007
Intimacies

LUMAS Editionsgalerie, Hamburg (DE)
28 Sep 2007 – 25 Nov 2007
The Face of Pace

La Scuderia Ferrari

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
4 Nov 2005 – 8 Jan 2006
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CAMERA WORK, Hamburg (DE)
9 Jul 2004 – 27 Aug 2004

Group

Peel Off

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
28 Mar 2026 – 6 Jun 2026

with Peter Beard, Sebastian Copeland, Patrick Demarchelier, Victor Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, Esther Haase, Olaf Heine, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Walter Iooss Jr., Russell James, Helmut Newton, Rankin …
Cindy Crawford 1986-2025

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
31 Jan 2026 – 14 Mar 2026

with Victor Demarchelier, Patrick Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, Hans Feurer, Russell James, Peter Lindbergh, Vincent Peters, Herb Ritts, Ellen von Unwerth, Albert Watson, David Yarrow
RETROVISION: 10 Years CHAUSSEE 36

CHAUSSEE 36 PHOTOGRAPHY, Berlin (DE)
20 Sep 2025 – 20 Dec 2025

with Björn Albert, Lillian Bassman, Erwin Blumenfeld, Emmanuelle Bousquet, Jewgeni Chaldej, Lucien Clergue, Ben de Biel, Renaud De Gambs, Natalia Dymkowski, Hans Feurer, Frauke Fischer, Christophe Gilbert …
Naomi

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
5 Apr 2025 – 31 May 2025

with Bryan Adams, Anton Corbijn, Patrick Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, Russell James, David LaChapelle, Chris Levine, Vincent Peters, Herb Ritts, Ellen von Unwerth, Albert Watson
Portraits of Power: U.S. Presidents in Photography

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
24 Sep 2024 – 5 Oct 2024

with Cornell Capa, Patrick Demarchelier, Elliott Erwitt, Nadav Kander, Yousuf Karsh, Jacques Lowe, Steve Schapiro, Martin Schoeller, Mark Shaw, Pete Souza
Portraits of Power: U.S.

Presidents in Photography

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
24 Sep 2024 – 5 Oct 2024

with Cornell Capa, Bob Davidoff, Patrick Demarchelier, Elliott Erwitt, Yousuf Karsh, Jacques Lowe, Will McBride, Steve Schapiro, Joseph Scherschel, Martin Schoeller, Marc Shaw, Pete Souza …
Sun-kissed

Celebrating the Masters of Fine Art Photography

PREISS FINE ARTS, Wien (AT)
20 Jun 2024 – 15 Sep 2024

with Guido Argentini, Andreas H. Bitesnich, Sante D'Orazio, David Drebin, Arthur Elgort, Alison Jackson, Tony Kelly, Rankin, Gerard Uferas, Antoine Verglas, Ellen von Unwerth, Albert Watson
Spring Fling

Vintage Classics & Modern Icons

PREISS FINE ARTS, Wien (AT)
27 Feb 2024 – 11 Jun 2024

with Guido Argentini, Andreas H. Bitesnich, Sylvie Blum, Sante D'Orazio, Alison Jackson, Tony Kelly, Roxanne Lowit, Nigel Parry, Rankin, Kristian Schuller, Gerard Uferas, Ellen von Unwerth …
Strictly Iconic

The X-MAS Collection

PREISS FINE ARTS, Wien (AT)
17 Nov 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

with Guido Argentini, Sante D'Orazio, Arthur Elgort, Gottfried Helnwein, Tony Kelly, Roxanne Lowit, Nigel Parry, Flip Schulke, Gerard Uferas, Ellen von Unwerth, Albert Watson, David Yarrow
25 Jahre CAMERA WORK

25 YEARS CAMERA WORK

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
13 Aug 2022 – 24 Sep 2022

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Thomas Billhardt, Nick Brandt, Patrick Demarchelier, David Drebin, William Eggleston, Hans Feurer, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Peter Lindbergh, Man Ray …
Captivate!

Modefotografie der 90er. Kuratiert von Claudia Schiffer

Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
15 Sep 2021 – 9 Jan 2022

with Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon, Angelica Blechschmidt, Walter Chin, Corinne Day, Patrick Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, Ross Feltus, Hans Feurer, Russell James, Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Lindbergh …
Claudia Schiffer

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
23 Sep 2017 – 11 Nov 2017

with Camilla Akrans, Miles Aldridge, Hans Feurer, Dominique Issermann, Peter Lindbergh, Herb Ritts, Ellen von Unwerth
FOTO.KUNST.BOULEVARD

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
5 May 2017 – 9 Jul 2017

with Daniel Biskup, Esther Haase, Meiko Herrmann, Kiki Kausch, Tom Lemke, Kevin Lynch, Andreas Muehe, Konrad Rufus Mueller, Nigel Parry, Thomas Rabsch, Oliver Rath, Martin Schoeller …
Der Freie Körper. Fotografien aus drei Epochen.

Ausstellung in Zusammenarbeit mit der Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris

Raum für Kunst, Basel (CH)
10 Jun 2016 – 25 Jun 2016

with Philippe Blache, Laurence Demaison, Gerhard Riebicke, Jock Sturges, Elene Usdin, Michael von Graffenried
Der Freie Körper

Fotografien aus drei Epochen

Esther Woerdehoff, Basel (CH)
9 Jun 2016 – 18 Jun 2016

with Philippe Blache, Laurence Demaison, Elene Usdin, Michael von Graffenried
»Love«

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
6 Dec 2014 – 14 Feb 2015

with Anderson & Low, Diane Arbus, Harry Benson, Thomas Billhardt, Nick Brandt, Brassai, Josef Breitenbach, Rene Burri, Cornell Capa, Robert Doisneau, David Drebin, Frantisek Drtikol …
Supermodels – Then and Now

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
28 Jun 2014 – 6 Sep 2014

with Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Bruno Bisang, Gavin Bond, Anton Corbijn, Sante D'Orazio, Brian Duffy, Fernand Fonssagrives, F. C. Gundlach, Pamela Hanson, Marc Hispard, Dominique Issermann …
Sex sells

LUMAS Paris, Paris (FR)
27 Sep 2013 – 27 Oct 2013

with Efren Isaza, Kai Stuht & Miles Cockfield, , Marino Parisotto, Brian Reffin Smith, Ralph Ueltzhoeffer
CAMERA WORK rocks

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
8 Jun 2013 – 17 Aug 2013

with Richard Avedon, Harry Benson, Anton Corbijn, Sante D'Orazio, Michelangelo Di Battista, David Drebin, Brian Duffy, Bob Gruen, Olaf Heine, Dominique Issermann, Russell James, Nadav Kander …
Sex in the City

LUMAS Paris, Paris (FR)
22 Feb 2013 – 10 Mar 2013

with Formento & Formento, , Jens Nagels, Jacques Olivar
Color

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
15 Sep 2012 – 1 Dec 2012

with Anderson & Low, Tina Berning, Thomas Billhardt, Luciano Castelli, Michelangelo Di Battista, David Drebin, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Burkhard von Harder, Thomas Hoepker, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Russell James …
Hollywood in Style - Eine Hommage an die Ikonen des Films

Museum THE KENNEDYS, Berlin (DE)
6 Feb 2012 – 18 Mar 2012

with Horst P. Horst, Russell James, Nadav Kander, Martin Schoeller, Edward Steichen
BEAUTY <font color=#cc0000>CULT</font>URE

Annenberg Space Photo, Los Angeles (US)
21 May 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Miles Aldridge, Susan Anderson, Aziz + Cucher, Lillian Bassman, Erwin Blumenfeld, Guy Bourdin, Daniele Buetti, William Claxton, Chuck Close, Jodi Cobb, Prabuddha Das Gupta, Baron Adolphe De Meyer …
LUCCA digital PHOTO fest

il festival internazionale dedicato alla fotografia e video arte

Photolux Festival, Lucca (IT)
20 Nov 2010 – 12 Dec 2010

with Boris Missirkov & Georgi Bogdanov, Andrea di Martino, Donna Ferrato, Giorgia Fiorio, Horst P. Horst, Tracey Moffatt, Sara Munari, Nicola Quirico, Jan Saudek, Sandy Skoglund, Francesca Woodman
Close Up

LUMAS Editions Gallery, New York (US)
5 Jun 2009 – 21 Jul 2009

with Vera Lehndorff, Holger Truelzsch, Ralph Ueltzhoeffer
AMAZING FACES

LUMAS Editionsgalerie, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
23 Jan 2009 – 3 Mar 2009

with Lilya Corneli, Benjamin Kanarek, Vera Lehndorff, Kai Stuht, Holger Tülzsch, Melanie Wiori
FASHION - 9 decades of fashion photography

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
20 Sep 2008 – 15 Nov 2008

with Allen Arbus, Diane Arbus, David Bailey, Joachim Baldauf, Lillian Bassman, Peter Beard, Sibylle Bergemann, Tina Berning, Erwin Blumenfeld, Brassai, Anton Corbijn, Sante D'Orazio …
BOUDOIR - A Hint of Sensuality

LUMAS Editions Gallery, New York (US)
27 Mar 2008 – 10 Jun 2008

with Billy & Hells, Lilya Corneli, Naum Gabo, Jens Nagels, Jacques Olivar
BOUDOIR - Ein Hauch von Sinnlichkeit

LUMAS Zürich, Zürich (CH)
25 Jan 2008 – 11 Mar 2008

with Billy & Hells, Naum Gabo, Jacques Olivar
DIECI

Scavi Scaligeri 1996 - 2006

Scavi Scaligeri, Verona (IT)
24 May 2006 – 24 Jun 2006

with Elliott Erwitt, Michael Kenna, Douglas Kirkland, Frans Lanting, Isabel Munoz, Tazio Secchiaroli, Giuliana Traverso
TROISIEME ANNIVERSAIRE . Collection Permanente

acte2galerie, Paris (FR)
31 Mar 2003 – 10 May 2003

with Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Mark Seliger, Joel Peter Witkin

Events

Photo London 2026

CAMERA WORK, London (GB)
14 May 2026 – 17 May 2026

with Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier, David Drebin, Walter Iooss Jr., Chris Levine, Peter Lindbergh, Robert Polidori, Martin Schoeller, Christian Tagliavini, Ruud van Empel, Dean West, David Yarrow
Photographies

à l'occasion de Paris Photo

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 14 Nov 2025

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Eugene Atget, Edouard Baldus, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Nick Brandt, Brassai, Adolphe Braun, Denis Brihat, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Antoine d'Agata, Alphonse Delaunay, Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne …
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2025

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
13 Jun 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Lara Almarcegui, Art & Language , Andrea Buettner, Angela Bulloch, Clegg & Guttmann , Douglas Gordon, Leiko Ikemura, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Urs Luethi, Zilla Leutenegger …
Photo London 2025

CAMERA WORK, London (GB)
15 May 2025 – 18 May 2025

with Peter Beard, Olaf Heine, Chris Levine, Irving Penn, Steve Schapiro, Christian Tagliavini, Ruud van Empel, Albert Watson, Dean West, David Yarrow
Photography Online Only

Grisebach, Berlin (DE)
26 May 2023 – 4 Jun 2023

with Chuck Close, William Eggleston, Louis Faurer, Arno Fischer, Abe Frajndlich, Martine Franck, Lee Friedlander, David Hockney, George Hoyningen-Huene, Herbert List, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Irving Penn …
Art Salon Zürich

Art Salon Zürich, Zürich (CH)
29 Sep 2022 – 2 Oct 2022

with Guido Baselgia, LIU Gang, Anna Halm Schudel, Joschi Herczeg, Roger Humbert, Philipp Keel, Kacper Kowalski, Mona Kuhn, Tanja Lazetic, Eamon O’Kane, Ralf Peters, Peter Schloer …
Artissima 2021

ARTissima, Torino (IT)
5 Nov 2021 – 7 Nov 2021

with Heba Y. Amin, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Francesco Arena, Yael Bartana, Katinka Bock, Carmen Calvo, Augusto Cantamessa, Nikhil Chopra, Roni Horn, Emily Jacir, Abbas Kiarostami, Urs Luethi …
The Tie in Photography

Die Krawatte in der Photographie

Grisebach, Berlin (DE)
17 Sep 2021 – 3 Oct 2021

with Marianne Breslauer, Herlinde Koelbl, Daido Moriyama, Paul Outerbridge, Sam Shaw, Andy Warhol
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2021

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
17 Sep 2021 – 19 Sep 2021

with Korakrit Arunanondchai, Michel Auder, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Hans Bellmer, Hannah Black, Ian Cheng, Minerva Cuevas, Ida Ekblad, Alicia Framis, Roger Humbert, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Man Ray …
Art Paris 2021

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
9 Sep 2021 – 12 Sep 2021

with Laurence Aegerter, Albarran Cabrera, Alia Ali, Mustapha Azeroual, Helene Bellenger, LIU Bolin, Philipp Hugues Bonan, Anne-Lise Broyer, Daniele Buetti, Anne-Flore Cabanis, Antony Cairns, Giovanni Castell …
Auktion Photographie

KOLLER AUKTIONEN AG, Zürich (CH)
23 Jun 2020 – 8 Jul 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Lillian Bassman, Frédéric Boissonnas, Edouard Boubat, Balthasar Burkhard, Edward S. Curtis, Fischli & Weiss, Mario Giacomelli, Rene Groebli, Horst P. Horst, Heinrich Kuehn, Robert Mapplethorpe …
Photography

KOLLER AUKTIONEN AG, Zürich (CH)
27 Nov 2019 – 1 Dec 2019

with Gavin Bond, Balthasar Burkhard, Rene Burri, Lucien Clergue, Hans Danuser, Geraldo de Barros, Robert Frank, Mario Giacomelli, Gyger & Klopfenstein, Florence Henri, CHEN Jiagang, Andre Kertesz …
Photographs & photobooks

A l'occasion de Paris Photo - Collection Sudre et divers

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2018 – 8 Nov 2018

with Berenice Abbott, Laure Albin-Guillot, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Claude Azoulay, Edouard Baldus, Felice Beato, Eva Besnyoe, Werner Bokelberg, Edouard Boubat, Margaret Bourke-White, Bill Brandt …
photo18 Zürich

Schweizer Werkschau für Fotografie

Werkschau Fotografie, Zürich (CH)
12 Jan 2018 – 16 Jan 2018

with Roger Ballen, Kati Bruder, Sascha Laue, Rolf Neeser, Niklaus Stauss
EYE FEEL - Photography

Artcurial, Paris (FR)
19 Oct 2017 – 24 Oct 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Aujard, Roger Ballen, Adam Bartos, Anne-Catherine Becker-Echivard, Erwin Blumenfeld, LIU Bolin, Margaret Bourke-White, Dirk Braeckman, Balthasar Burkhard, Edward Burtynsky …
Photographie Auktion

KOLLER AUKTIONEN AG, Zürich (CH)
17 Jun 2017 – 26 Jun 2017

with Adolphe Braun, Nan Goldin, Emanuel Gyger, Thomas Hoepker, Douglas Kirkland, Alberto Diaz Korda (Guttierrez), Thomas Ruff, Lawrence Schiller, Albert Steiner, Bert Stern, Larry Sultan, Albert Watson
Paris Photo 2015 - Events

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Jane Evelyn Atwood, Jacob Aue Sobol, Roger Ballen, Bruno Barbey, Coppi Barbieri, Valerie Belin, Dawoud Bey, Bae Bien-U, Julio Bittencourt, Elina Brotherus, Philippe Chancel, Serge Clement …
Secret

Die Contexta Collection

Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (CH)
14 Nov 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Annie Collinge, Maurice Haas, Catherine Leutenegger, Gian Paul Lozza, Diana Scheunemann, Beat Schweizer
Benefizaktion für Hamburg Leuchtfeuer und die Deutsche Tibethilfe

Verkauf von 60 handsignierten Unikaten der Serie "Bilder aus Tibet"

Museum Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg (DE)
26 Sep 2015 – 27 Sep 2015
Photo Shanghai 2015

CAMERA WORK, Shanghai (CN)
11 Sep 2015 – 13 Sep 2015

with Patrick Demarchelier, David Drebin, Thomas Hoepker, Horst P. Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Steven Klein, Irving Penn, Robert Polidori, Blaise Reutersward, Herb Ritts, Yoram Roth …
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Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich (CH)
16 Sep 2009
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NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf (DE)
16 Sep 2009
Photography / Fotografie

Palais Dorotheum, Wien (AT)

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, Werner Bischof, Margaret Bourke-White, Adolphe Braun, Rene Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, André de Dienes, Robert Doisneau, Frantisek Drtikol, Valie Export …
MONUMENTAL

Anmeldung erforderlich: festival@lagacilly-baden.photo

Festival La Gacilly-Baden, Wien (AT)
An Eye for Icons

Online Only

artnet Auctions, New York (US)

with Lillian Bassman, Peter Beard, Chuck Close, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Elliott Erwitt, Ron Galella, Burt Glinn, Douglas Kirkland, Tseng Kwong Chi, Annie Leibovitz, Chris Levine, Peter Lindbergh …
Photographs

PHILLIPS London, London (GB)

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, Peter Beard, Nick Brandt, Bill Brandt, Desiree Dolron, Adam Fuss, Imre Kinszki, Nick Knight, Saul Leiter …
zu "Michel Comte" mit Andreas Hirsch

Kunst Haus Wien, Wien (AT)
Photography / Fotografie

Palais Dorotheum, Wien (AT)

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Werner Bischof, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Erwin Blumenfeld, Margaret Bourke-White, Steffi Brandl, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Coburn …
Photographs

Sotheby's London, London (GB)

with Ansel Adams, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Guy Bourdin, Nick Brandt, James Casebere, Larry Clark, Rineke Dijkstra, Frantisek Drtikol, William Eggleston …
Photographs

Bonhams New York, New York (US)

with Slim Aarons, Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Ruth Bernhard, Julie Blackmon, Margaret Bourke-White, Rene Burri, Harry Callahan, Julia Margaret Cameron …
Auktion anlässlich der 10. Festlichen Opern-Gala für die AIDS-Stiftung

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)

with Phil Borges, Edward S. Curtis, Elliott Erwitt, Naum Gabo, Benjamin Katz, Michael Kenna, Douglas Kirkland, William Klein, Dorothea Lange, Peter Lindbergh, Man Ray , Rankin …