William Claxton

♂ *1927-2008 / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

William Claxton

Galerie Bene Taschen, Köln (DE)
6 Apr 2019 – 15 Jun 2019
Jazzlife

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
2 Nov 2018 – 9 Dec 2018
Abstractions

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
8 Nov 2007 – 8 Dec 2007
Jazzlife

Leica Galerie Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
26 Oct 2007 – 1 Dec 2007
JazzLife

Leica Galerie Solms, Solms (DE)
1 Sep 2007 – 30 Sep 2007
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Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
9 Sep 2004 – 23 Oct 2004
The Legends . Steve McQueen & The Jazz Legends

La Photographie Galerie, Brussels (BE)
4 Jun 2004 – 28 Aug 2004
More to come

Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (GB)
23 Apr 2004 – 4 Jun 2004

Group

WONDERLAND

The Joy of Analogue. Portraits 1955-1995,

PhotoMonth, London (GB)
2 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Mike Berkofsky, Michael Birt, John Claridge, Hannah Collins, Chalkie Davies, Craig Easton, Jane England, Jack English, Nan Goldin, Brian Griffin …
FACE THE MUSIC

The Legacy of Music Photography

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
25 Jul 2024 – 7 Sep 2024

with David Bailey, Janette Beckman, Harry Benson, Patrick Demarchelier, Timothy Duffy, Greg Gorman, Nadav Kander, Daniel Kramer, Herman Leonard, Christopher Makos, Jim Marshall, Fred W. McDarrah …
Who Are They? Who Am I?

Portraits of Artists and Artist Self-Portraits from the Permanent Collection

Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston (US)
9 Jun 2023 – 6 Oct 2023

with Richard Avedon, Brassai, Robert Capa, Walker Evans, Philippe Halsman, Yousuf Karsh, Man Ray , Linda McCartney, John Minihan, George Platt-Lynes, Eli Reed, Arthur Rothstein …
MALE EDITION

The Art of Men’s Style

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
15 Jun 2023 – 29 Jul 2023

with Berenice Abbott, Ruven Afanador, Miles Aldridge, Janette Beckman, Tom Bianchi, Billy & Hells, Edward S. Curtis, Greg Gorman, Bob Gruen, George Hoyningen-Huene, Paul Jasmin, Annie Leibovitz …
WITHOUT A WORD

portrait photographs from the private collection of Bill W

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
20 Sep 2019 – 17 Nov 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Shelby Lee Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Micha Bar-Am, Edouard Boubat, Pierre Boucher, Disfarmer (Mike Meyer), Robert Doisneau, Walker Evans, Philip Jones Griffiths, Fred Herzog, Fan Ho …
CONTACT

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
8 Dec 2016 – 11 Feb 2017

with Harry Benson, Arthur Elgort, Roxanne Lowit, Christopher Makos, Herb Ritts, Steve Schapiro, Lawrence Schiller, Norman Seeff, Phil Stern, Bob Willoughby
Capture Photography Festival 2015

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
2 Apr 2015 – 29 Apr 2015

with Cara Barer, Harry Callahan, Christos Dikeakos, Jessica Eaton, Allen Ginsberg, Greg Girard, David Hartt, Scott Massey, Steve McQueen, James Nizam, Matthew Pillsbury, Matthew Pillsbury …
Inaugural exhibition

Fahey / Klein Miami, Los Angeles (US)
4 Dec 2014 – 31 Jan 2015

with Ruven Afanador, Jesse Alexander, Billy & Hells, Julie Blackmon, Nick Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Patrick Demarchelier, David Drebin, Elliott Erwitt, Formento & Formento, Ralph Gibson, Bob Gruen …
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, Chuck Close, Jodi Cobb, Michel Comte, Prabuddha Das Gupta, Baron Adolphe De Meyer …
15 Minutes of Fame: Portraits from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol

Orange County Museum, Newport Beach (US)
2 May 2010 – 18 Sep 2010

with Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Ruth Bernhard, Jo Ann Callis, John Coplans, Eileen Cowin, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Katy Grannan, John Gutmann, Philippe Halsman, Robert Heinecken …
Legends of Jazz Photography

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
1 Apr 2010 – 2 Jul 2010

with William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard
Le paradis, ou presque : Los Angeles [1865-2008]

Musée Nicéphore, Chalon-sur-Saone (FR)
24 Oct 2009 – 31 Jan 2010

with Thomas Michael Alleman, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Jo Ann Callis, Paul Caponigro, Herb Carleton, Gusmano Cesaretti, Imogen Cunningham, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, John Divola, Vadim Fiskin …
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE : LOS ANGELES (1865-2008)

Le paradis, ou presque - Los Angeles (1865-2008)

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
31 Jan 2009 – 19 Apr 2009

with Harry Adams, Ansel Adams, Laura Aguilar, Clem Albers, Thomas Michael Alleman, Richard Avedon, James Baker, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Adam Bartos, Haven G. Bishop, Kaucyila Brooke …
Backstage Pass: Rock & Roll Photography

Portland Museum of Art, Portland (US)
22 Jan 2009 – 22 Mar 2009

with Barry Feinstein, Lee Friedlander, Lynn Goldsmith, Bob Gruen, Gered Mankowitz, Jim Marshall, Terry O'Neill, Jerry Schatzberg, Kate Simon, Baron Wolman
Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
24 May 2007 – 16 Sep 2007

with Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Allen Ginsberg, Nam June Paik, Adrian Piper
FASHION

Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (GB)
6 Feb 2007 – 2 Mar 2007

with Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, Guy Bourdin, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Baron Adolphe De Meyer, Fernand Fonssagrives, Sam Haskins, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Man Ray , Sarah Moon, Martin Munkacsi, Terry Richardson …
The year of the Tibet Portfolio

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
26 Jan 2006 – 4 Mar 2006

with Berenice Abbott, Bernd Arnold, Ruth Bernhard, Mario Giacomelli, Ralph Gibson, Allen Ginsberg, Horst P. Horst, Annie Leibovitz, Mary Ellen Mark, Kurt Markus, Duane Michals, Helmut Newton …
Summer of Love

Psychedelische Kunst der 60er Jahre

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
2 Nov 2005 – 12 Feb 2006

with David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Bernie Boston, Lucas Samaras, Günther Uecker, Andy Warhol
Platinum

a cura di Maria Cristina Didero

Galleria ab Origena, Milano (IT)
7 Apr 2004 – 11 May 2004

with Berenice Abbott, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, William Clift, Mario Giacomelli, Ralph Gibson, Allen Ginsberg, Horst P. Horst, Annie Leibovitz, Matt Mahurin, Mary Ellen Mark, Kurt Markus …
Invito alla Fotografia

Fondazione Sozzani, Milano (IT)
13 Dec 2003 – 31 Dec 2003

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Felice Beato, Karl Blossfeldt, Edouard Boubat, William Carter , Larry Clark, Roger Corona, Raul Corrales, Mario Cravo Neto, Edward S. Curtis, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Peter Henry Emerson …
FACES IN MUSIC 1952-2002

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
5 Dec 2002 – 25 Jan 2003

with Jay Maisel, Jim Marshall, Herb Ritts, Mark Seliger, Baron Wolman

Events

Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Booth B41

Michael Hoppen Gallery, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Angelo Funk, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eugene Atget, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Krass Clement, André de Dienes, John Deakin, Elliott Erwitt, Masahisa Fukase, Burt Glinn, Kati Horna …
Photographs from a private collection

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
11 Mar 2022 – 14 Mar 2022

with Bruno Bernard (Bernard of Hollywood), Eva Besnyoe, Ilse Bing, Giancarlo Botti, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Gilles Caron, Raymond Cauchetier, Martin Chambi, Jean Clemmer, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Jack Delano …
Photography / Fotografie

Palais Dorotheum, Wien (AT)
25 Oct 2021 – 3 Nov 2021

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Werner Bischof, Margaret Bourke-White, Jaroslav Brabec, Bill Brandt, Josef Breitenbach, Guenter Brus, Cornell Capa, Jewgeni Chaldej, Lucien Clergue, Bruce Davidson, Peter Dressler …
photo london 2019

Photo London, London (GB)
16 May 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Ansel Adams, Claire Aho, Albarran Cabrera, Miles Aldridge, Alia Ali, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Liza Ambrossio, Takashi Arai, Matan Ashkenazy, Jessica Backhaus, Roger Ballen, Gian Paolo Barbieri …
Jazz Seen

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
Het uur van de wolf: Jazz Seen - de fotograaf William Claxton

Holland 3, TV (NL)