Richard Kalvar

Richard Kalvar (born 1944) is an American photographer who has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1975.^[1]

Kalvar has had a solo exhibition at Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris.

Life and work

Kalvar was born in Brooklyn, New York. A trip to Europe in 1966 with a Pentax camera given him by French fashion photographer Jérôme Ducrot (with whom Kalvar worked in New York as an assistant) inspired him to become a photographer. On his return to New York he worked at Modernage photo lab.^[2] Two years later he moved to Paris and joined Agence Vu photography agency.^[3]

Kalvar has worked around the world, especially in England, France, Italy, Japan and the United States.^[4]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Agathe Gaillard Gallery, Paris^{[citation needed]}
• 2007: Terrans, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris^[5]
• 2008: Retrospective, Casal Solleric, Illes Balears, Spain^[6]
• 2010: Earthlings: Retrospective, Städtische Galerie Iserlohn, Iserlohn, Germany^[7]

Group exhibitions

• 2015: Paris Magnum, Hôtel de Ville, Paris^[8]
• 2017: Magnum Analog Recovery Le Bal, Paris^[9]

Publications

Publications by Kalvar

• Familles en France. France: Viva, 1973.
• L’Usine. France: Colgate Palmolive, 1987, ASIN B004AEYWEC.
• Portrait de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. France: P.O. Calmann-Lévy, 1993, ISBN 978-2-7021-2163-4.
• Earthlings. Flammarion, 2007, ISBN 978-2-08-030009-6.

Publications with others

• Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. ISBN 978-0-500-54393-1. Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.