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Robert Polidori
Robert Polidori (*1951 in Montreal) ranks among the most famous photographic artists in the field of architecture. Comprehensive photo reportages for magazines such as »The New Yorker«, »Architecturial Digest«, »Geo« or »Vanity Fair« established his international success, that has been honored officially by prizes like Deutscher Fotobuchpreis or the Alfred-Eisenstaedt-Award. Robert Polidori’s works have not only been displayed in numerous galleries but have also been exhibited in internationally prestigious museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal and the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. Moreover, a large number of publications of Robert Polidori’s extensive work has been released, among others the illustrated three-volume book »Parcours Muséologique Revisité« including the monumental photographical documentation of the Palace of Versailles, which has been honored with Liliane Bettencourt Prix de la Photographie.
Exhibitions
2022 · New Orleans Museum of Art
2020 · CAMERA WORK Gallery, Berlin
2017 · The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
2015 · CAMERA WORK Gallery, Berlin
2014 · Museum Bad Arolsen, Bad Arolsen
2012 · CWC GALLERY, Berlin
2011 · CAMERA WORK Gallery, Berlin
2009 · Musée d´Art Contemporain, Montreal
2006 · Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2006 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2005 · Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
1997 · J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Château de Versailles
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
New Orleans Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Awards & Honors
2020 · John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
2008 · Prix Pictet, shortlist
2000 · Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography
1999 · Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography
1998 · World Press Photo Award