ARTISTS \ Paolo Roversi
Gelatin Silver print
40 x 50 cm
Gelatin Silver print
40 x 50 cm
Pigment print on fiber based paper
80 x 100 cm
Gelatin Silver print
40 x 50 cm
Paolo Roversi, who defines himself “a not very sophisticated photographer that snaps sophisticated images”, is considered one of the most talented current fashion photographers with the most personal and recognizable style. He was born in Ravenna in 1947 and his passion for photography sparks when he’s 17, during a family trip in Spain. At his return he sets up a dark room in the cellar and starts developing and printing his first black and white pictures. After an apprenticeship with local photographer Nevio Natali, in 1970 Roversi starts working for the Associated Press as a reporter. A turning point comes shortly after. He, in fact, moves to Paris in 1973 following the advice of Peter Knapp, Elle creative director, with whom he starts collaborating. At this point he starts working regularly with magazines Marie-Claire, Harper’s Bazaar Italia and Vogue Italia, but he reaches fame as the creator of several successful ad campaigns, such as those for Yohji Yamamoto, Romeo Gigli and Comme des Garçons.
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Press
Selected articles available to download and links
Time Out (London), interview with Zena Alkayat, March 2012
British Journal of Photography, interview with Diane Smyth, March 2012
The Sunday Times, Spectrum, text by Emma Broomfield, March 2012
Crane TV, February 2012
I-D, interview with Terry Jones, February 2012
Nowness, February 2012
Biography
Born in 1947, Ravenna, Italy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
Pace McGill, New York
2010
Camerawork, Berlin
2008
Guinevere, Pace McGill, New York
2006
Studio, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse number 1 (Yokohama)
2005
Studio, Transphotographique (Lille)
2002
Studio, Pace MacGill Gallery (New York)
Studio, Galerie Camera Obscura (Paris)
2001
Images Cerruti, James Gallery (Moscow)
2000
Paolo Roversi, Photographs, Gallery Carla Sozzani (Milan)
1998
Portraits, Gallery 213 (Paris)
1997
Paolo Roversi, Comme des Garçons (Tokyo)
Paolo Roversi-Fashion, Scalo Bookshop (Zurich)(with Robert Frank)
1995
Paris Défile, Villa des Noailles (Hyères)
1994
Galerie Municipale du Château d’Eau (Toulouse)
Paris Défilée Gallery Brownstone (Paris)
Paolo Roversi Polaroids, Hamilton Gallery (London)
Angeli, Photo Gallery International (Tokyo)
1993
Angeli, Gallery Camera Obcura (Paris)
1992
Paolo Roversi (Monaco)
1990
Donne Nude (Tokyo)
1989
Una Donna, Solomon Gallery (New York)
Una Donna, Spazio Romeo Gigli (Milan)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Yohji’s Women, The Wapping Project Bankside, London
Kate Moss par les plus grands photographes, Galerie de l’instant, Paris
Fashion! Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm
2009
Beauty: Fashion Photography Now, International Centre of Photography, New York
2007
Face of Fashion, National Portrait Gallery, London
2006
Clichy sans Clichés, Clichy-sous-Bois and Hôtel de Ville de Paris
2005
Yohji Yamamoto correspondences, Pitti Immagine (Florence)
Photography & Fashion, Athens Concert Hall (Athens)
2004
Do, PaceMacGill Gallery New York (New York)
Fashion Passion, Oca Pavilion (Brasil)
Belles en Vogue, Le Bon Marché (Paris)
2003
Bravehearts/Men in Skirts, Metropolitan Musuem (New York)
Noonwright, Form/Design Center (Suède)
Flower Power, Acte 2 (Paris)
May I help you?, Yohji Yamamoto, Hara Museum (Tokyo)
Fables de l’Identite, Collection NSM Vie, Centre national de la photographie (Paris)
2002
May I help you?, Yohji Yamamoto, Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris)
Autoportrait, Studios Pin-Up (Paris)
Unified Message, Camera Work (Berlin)- Archaeology of Elegance, Galerie 213 (Hamburg)
Unseen Vogue, Hamilton Gallery (London)
2001
i-D Learn and Pass it on, Colette (Paris)
International Festival of Fashion Photography (Japan)
2000
W Magazine (Milan, New York)
Armani, Guggenheim Museum (New York)
Sarajane Hoare Retrospective (New York)
Photo District News 20 the Anniversary, Centre of Photography (New York)
1999
Isabella Rossellini, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom (Munich)
i-d Beyond Price (Paris)
Under/Exposed (Stockholm)
1998
Yves Saint Laurent, Colette (Paris)
Yves Saint Laurent, International Festival of Fashion Photograph (New York, Tokyo…)
Addressing the Century -100 Years of Art and Fashion, Hayward Gallery (London)
i-d Family, Colette (Paris)
1997
Tati 50 years (Paris)
Images Sensibles, Secours Populaire (Paris)
1995
Kate Moss, James Danziger Gallery (New York)
1993
Vanities, National Centre of Photography (Paris)
Short Stories, James Danziger Gallery (New York)
1992
Nu, Gallery Private View (Paris)
1991
Appearances-Fashion Photography since 1945, Victoria & Albert Museum (London)
1990
The Historical Mode, Fashion Institute of Technology (New York)
1989
Fashion Photographs, Solomon Gallery (New York)
1986
Comme de Garçons, Centre Pompidou (Paris)
1985
Shots of Style, Victoria & Albert Museum (London)
1984
20 anni di Vogue, Sagrato de Duomo (Milan)
Selected Awards
2001
China Fashion Awards
1996
Trophée de la Mode
1993
Quatrième Festival International de la Photo de Mode
1991
Prix Jasmin