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Mary McCartney Decemberish, Sussex, 2017

Mary McCartney
Decemberish, Sussex, 2017
C-type print mounted on aluminum
40 x 26 1/2 inches
Framed: 40 13/16 x 27 5/16 x 1 1/2 inches
Edition of 4

Richard Misrach Untitled (Acrobat Super Grid #8), 2012, print made 2016

Richard Misrach
Untitled (Acrobat Super Grid #8), 2012, print made 2016
Pigment print mounted to Dibond
Image, paper and mount: 59 x 79 1/4 inches
Framed: 64 x 83 1/2 x 3 inches
Edition of 5

Richard Avedon Santa Monica, California, September 30, 1963, 1963 (printed 1993)

Richard Avedon
Santa Monica, California, September 30, 1963, 1963 (printed 1993)
Gelatin-silver print
24 x 20 inches
Edition of 9

Imogen Cunningham Agave Design 2, c.1920

Imogen Cunningham
Agave Design 2, c.1920
Photograph
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches

Ansel Adams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941-44

Ansel Adams
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941-44
Photograph
Plate: 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches

William Wegman Big Rock, 1990

William Wegman
Big Rock, 1990
Polaroid Polacolor II photograph
24 x 20 inches

Thomas Struth Pond, Anaheim, California 2013, 2013

Thomas Struth
Pond, Anaheim, California 2013, 2013
Chromogenic print
54 5/16 x 77 3/16 inches
Edition of 10

Joel Sternfeld Abandoned Freighter, Homer, Alaska, July 1984, 1984-2006

Joel Sternfeld
Abandoned Freighter, Homer, Alaska, July 1984, 1984-2006
Digital C-print
48 x 58 1/2 inches

Gregory Crewdson The Mattress, 2014

Gregory Crewdson
The Mattress, 2014
Digital pigment print
45 1/16 x 57 9/16 inches
Edition of 3

Imogen Cunningham Agave, 1920s

Imogen Cunningham
Agave, 1920s
Photograph
9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches

Diane Arbus 42nd Street movie theater audience, N.Y.C., 1958 / printed later

Diane Arbus
42nd Street movie theater audience, N.Y.C., 1958 / printed later
Gelatin-silver print
16 x 20 inches
Edition of 75

Diane Arbus A house on a hill, Hollwood, Cal., 1963/printed later

Diane Arbus
A house on a hill, Hollwood, Cal., 1963/printed later
Gelatin-silver print
20 x 16 inches
Edition of 75

Lee Friedlander Cody, Wyoming, 2000

Lee Friedlander
Cody, Wyoming, 2000
Gelatin-silver print
20 x 16 inches

Richard Misrach Battleground Point #14, 1999, printed 2021

Richard Misrach
Battleground Point #14, 1999, printed 2021
Pigment print
Image: 18 x 23 1/4 inches
Sheet and mount: 20 x 24 inches
Edition of 25

Axel Hütte Poipu - Hawaii, 2001

Axel Hütte
Poipu - Hawaii, 2001
Color photograph, framed
61 3/4 x 91 1/3 inches

Imogen Cunningham Agave Design 1, 1920

Imogen Cunningham
Agave Design 1, 1920
Gelatin silver print
13 x 11 inches

William Wegman Barrelling Barrow, 1990

William Wegman
Barrelling Barrow, 1990
Polaroid Polacolor II photograph
24 x 20 inches

Thomas Struth Mountain, Anaheim, California 2013, 2013

Thomas Struth
Mountain, Anaheim, California 2013, 2013
Chromogenic print
80 1/2 x 128 1/16 inches
Framed: 83 1/2 x 130 13/16 inches
Edition of 6

Brassaï Henri Matisse dans son atelier a Paris, 1939

Brassaï
Henri Matisse dans son atelier a Paris, 1939
Photograph
12 x 9 1/2 inches

Imogen Cunningham Amaryllis, 1920

Imogen Cunningham
Amaryllis, 1920
Photograph
9 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches

Press Release

Berggruen Gallery is pleased to present Place, a group exhibition of photography. Place will be on view from March 7 through April 25, 2024. The gallery will host an opening reception on Thursday, March 7, from 5 to 7 PM.

In his seminal work Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes writes, “the scene can be arranged by the photographer, but in the world of illustrated media, it is a ‘natural’ scene which the good reporter has had the genius, i.e., the luck, to catch.” In Berggruen Gallery’s first group presentation of photography since 2010, twelve photographers “catch” their scenes with impossibly good fortune. Unified by this plain but fundamental preoccupation, these photographers use place to investigate a variety of themes, from decay (Gregory Crewdson’s The Mattress, Joel Sternfeld’s Abandoned Freighter, Homer, Alaska, July 1984) to spectatorship (Richard Misrach’s White Man Contemplating Pyramids, Diane Arbus’ 42nd Street movie theater audience, N.Y.C.) to artistic legacy (Brassaï’s Henri Matisse dans son atelier a Paris). Spanning over a century of photographic work, Place is a testament to how an acuity for setting and moment transforms a photograph from a mere form of documentation into a pen rife with opportunities for storytelling.

The exhibition will feature work by the following artists: 

Ansel Adams
Richard Avedon
Diane Arbus
Brassaï
Gregory Crewdson
Imogen Cunningham
Axel Hütte
Lee Friedlander
Mary McCartney
Richard Misrach
Joel Sternfeld
Thomas Struth
Richard T. Walker
William Wegman

Place, March 7 – April 25, 2024. On view at 10 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Images and previews are available upon request. For all inquiries, please contact the gallery by phone at (415) 781-4629 or by email at info@berggruen.com