Paul Graham (b. 1956 Stafford) is a photographer living and working in New York City, who has created a significant body of work over the last four decades. His photography has been extensively exhibited, including the 49th Venice Biennale and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and has received numerous awards and prizes including the prestigious Hasselblad Award (2012) and The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (2009).
At the beginning of the 1980s, Graham was among the first photographers to unite contemporary colour with documentary practice. Inquisitive and genre traversing, Graham’s work might best be regarded as four trilogies, each spanning 6 to 12 years to complete: United Kingdom 1981-1987, Europe and Japan 1988-1998, United States 1999-2011,– and more recently Graham’s work has shifted towards focusing on his family, our inevitable mortality and the transience of life: Family and Mortality 2011-2023.
His work is held in international collections including Arts Council of Great Britain, London; British Council, London; CCA/ Seagrams Corporation, New York; Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen; European Parliament, Brussels; Fotomuseum Winterthur; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi; Musei Comunali, Rimini; MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Museum of Photography, Bradford; Tate Gallery, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Winnipeg Art Museum.
Selected Works
Paul Graham
Blossoms, 2022
from the series ‘Verdigris’
Wall mural
Dimensions variable
Paul Graham
Blossom, New Jersey, 2022
from the series ‘Verdigris’
pigment ink on paper
108,5 × 81,4 cm
Paul Graham
Untitled (wall mural – blossoms), 2022
from the series ‘Verdigris’
Dimensions variable
Paul Graham
New Orleans (Cherries), 2004-2006
from the series ‘a shimmer of possibility’
Pigment Ink Print
91,4 × 119,4 cm
Paul Graham
Golden Pawn Shop, Bronx, 2013
from the series Does Yellow Run Forever?
Pigment Ink Print, 161 × 244 cm
Paul Graham
Gold Town Jewellery, East Harlem, NY, 2012
from the series “Does Yellow Run Forever?”
Pigment Ink Print, 161 × 244 cm
Paul Graham
Mother, #4669, 2018
from the series Mother
Pigment Ink Print, 147 × 106 cm
Paul Graham
Double Rainbow, Donegal, Ireland, 2013
from the series Does Yellow Run Forever?
Pigment Ink Print, 152,5 × 203 cm
Paul Graham
Road, Co Donegal, 2012
from the series Does Yellow Run Forever?
Pigment Ink Print, 48,5 × 36,5 cm
Upcoming Exhibition
c|g Exhibitions
Surrounding You | Berlin
23.11.2024–11.01.2025
ongoing schmidt pick | Berlin
10.03.–17.04.2021
Mother/Sightless | Berlin
14.11.2020–27.02.2021
So what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? | Madrid
27.02.–01.03.2020
The Extended Moment | Berlin
14.01.–04.03.2017
Does Yellow Run Forever? | Berlin
07.11.2014–24.01.2015
The Present | Berlin
27.04.–28.05.2012
Beyond Caring | Berlin
30.10.–04.12.2010
A shimmer of possibility | Berlin
14.06.–26.07.2008
American Night | Berlin
30.03.–22.05.2004
External Exhibitions
Biennale Presentation
(dis)connected | Biennale Image Vevey, France
07.–29.09.2024
Special Presentation
Sightless | Times Square, New York
13.–19.05.2024
Solo Exhibition
The Whiteness of the Whale | Bombas Gens Centre d'art, Valencia, Spain
01.12.2017–27.05.2018
Group Exhibition
Warten. Zwischen Macht und Möglichkeit | Hamburger Kunsthalle
17.02.–18.06.2017
Solo Exhibition
Paul Graham Fotografien | Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
24.09.2010–09.01.2011
Solo Exhibition
a shimmer of possibility. Photographs by Paul Graham | MoMA, New York
04.02.–18.05.2009
