Richard kalvar biography

American photographer (born 1944)

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.

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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 Soll Richard Kalvar • Photographer Profile • Magnum Photos WOLUZ