Richard Kalvar

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

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. Two years later he moved to Paris and joined Agence Vu photography agency.

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

Exhibitions Solo exhibitions Agathe Gaillard Gallery, Paris 2007: Terrans, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris 2008: Retrospective, Casal Solleric, Illes Balears, Spain 2010: Earthlings: Retrospective, Städtische Galerie Iserlohn, Iserlohn, Germany

Group exhibitions 2015: Paris Magnum, Hôtel de Ville, Paris 2017: Magnum Analog Recovery Le Bal, Paris

Publications Publications by Kalvar Familles en France. France: Viva, 1973. L’Usine. France: Colgate Palmolive, 1987. Portrait de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. France: P.O. Calmann-Lévy, 1993. Earthlings. Flammarion, 2007.

Publications with others Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. . Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.