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Photo Basel 2021

Photo Basel 2021

We are pleased to participate again this year in one of Europe’s premiere photography fairs, Photo Basel. We will feature a selection of rare and vintage prints by artists Sigalit Landau, Inge Morath, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Philippe Halsman and Frank Horvat. We are also delighted to unveil the mockup of Thomas Dworzak’s latest book, The Bridge....
View of Ireland

View of Ireland

In a significant artistic landmark, the National Gallery of Ireland has opened its first-ever photography exhibition, and CLAIRbyKahn is proud to have facilitated the acquisition of many of the works on display. The View of Ireland: Collecting Photography exhibition runs from October 25, 2019 to February 2, 2020 and features images by Irish and international...
Déclics Analogiques

Déclics Analogiques

In an image by Jacques Henri Lartigue, the nanny Dudu raises her eyes to the sky to follow the flight of a ball before it falls back to earth; weightlessness made visible by the photographic act. Meanwhile, in the work of the painter John M. Armleder, the representation of circular forms on canvas resulted in...
Isrealities – Seven Photographic Journeys

Isrealities – Seven Photographic Journeys

Ever since 1897, when the journalist and activist Theodor Herzl declared, “At Basel, I founded the Jewish State”, the social, territorial, and cultural transformation in Israel has fascinated the world. As a result, the region’s soaring ambitions and extreme conflicts have been under a quasi-permanent media spotlight; yet intimate perspectives rarely emerge above the broader...
Erich Hartmann, The Poetry of Daily Life

Erich Hartmann, The Poetry of Daily Life

There is a subtle, mysterious poetry that emanates from Erich Hartmann’s photography, a play of shadow and light that is captivating yet respectful. Hartmann embraced places, objects, and people with his camera, never unsettling the moment, always capturing it in a way that allowed it to be rediscovered. The Poetry of Daily Life exhibition featured...
Condition of the Heart, Chim

Condition of the Heart, Chim

A photographer’s regard is informed by a myriad of concerns, from light to line, from color to contrast. Yet how often is profound caring the defining technical element of an image? David “CHIM” Seymour has long been heralded for his sublime sense of humanity, but what is becoming increasingly celebrated is the artistic mastery that...
LARTIGUE, TIME REDISCOVERED

LARTIGUE, TIME REDISCOVERED

A quintessential aspect of Jacques Henri Lartigue’s brilliance was his ability to weave entirely new visions of time with his photography. His pioneering grasp of movement resulted in images that both stopped and accelerated time, while his work documenting the Belle Époque took finite moments and expanded them into expressions of an entire generation. Now,...
Between Skies and Earth

Between Skies and Earth

The light and the obscure, the sky and the earth, the ethereal and the corporeal. Such juxtapositions have long formed the essence of the photographer’s art and a mastery of these elements can evoke entire universes of nuance and emotion. Oliver Mark (b. Germany, 1963) is one of the modern geniuses in the use of...