Paul Graham was among the first photographic artists to unite contemporary color practice with the “documentary” genre at the beginning of the 1980s. Innovative and influential over the course of four decades, Graham’s photographs have garnered recognition for their development of fresh ways of visualising the world, yet always retaining a deep commitment to working directly with life.
In 2012, he was awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, the most prestigious international award for photography. Graham’s work has been the subject of more than eighty solo exhibitions in internationally renowned institutions including the Whitechapel Gallery, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Tate Gallery, London.
Selected Works
Paul Graham
Mother, #4669, 2018
from the series Mother
Pigment print, 147 × 106 cm
Paul Graham
Co Clare, Ireland, 2014
from the series Does Yellow Run Forever?
Pigment Ink Print
109,2 × 144,7 cm
Paul Graham
Crouched Man, 1984
from the series Beyond Caring
Paul Graham
DHSS Emergency Center, 1984
from the series “Beyond Caring”
Paul Graham
Double Rainbow, Donegal, Ireland, 2013
from the series Does Yellow Run Forever?
Pigment Ink Print
152,5 × 203 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
Man Reading Paper, Bloomsbury DHSS, Central London (no. 7), 1985
from the series Beyond Caring
Paul Graham
Golden Pawn Shop, Bronx, 2013
from the series Does Yellow Run Forever?
pigment Ink Print, 161 × 244 cm
Paul Graham
Road, Co Donegal, 2012
from the series Does Yellow Run Forever?
Pigment Ink Print, 48,5 × 36,5 cm
c|g Exhibitions
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
Video
Selected Publications
Paul Graham, Paris 11-15th Nov. MACK, 2016
Paul Graham, Does Yellow Run Forever, MACK, 2014
Paul Graham, The Present , Mack, 2012
Paul Graham, Paintings, Anthony Renald’s Gallery, Bob van Orsouw Gallery, Lawerence Rubin-Greenberg Van Doren-Fine Art, New York, 2000
Paul Graham, Shimmer of Possibility, Steidl, MACK, 2007