CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON
« ODYSSEY »
Yvon Lambert & Ève Lambert are pleased
to invite you to the opening of the exhibition and the book launch of
Christopher Anderson
« ODYSSEY »
on Thursday, November 9 from 6 to 8 pm
Exhibition on view from November 10 to December 3, 2023
Book published by Stanley/Barker
Christopher Anderson was born in western Canada and grew up in West Texas. He is the author of eight monographs of photography including the acclaimed trilogy of intensely personal works about family. Among his generation’s most widely published photographers, Christopher has been a frequent contributor to publications such as The New York Times Magazine and Time for more than twenty years. From 2011 to 2014 he served as Photographer in Residence to New York Magazine, a collaboration where he helped to define the visual voice of the magazine with editors Adam Moss and Jody Quon. He is a member of Magnum Photos from 2005 to 2023.
Originally recognized for his work in conflict zones, his photographs depicting a journey with 44 Haitian immigrants attempting to sail to America on a hand-made, wooden boat would be awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal. The boat sank in the Caribbean and he would view this experience as a pivotal moment in his development as both a photographer and a human. From that point on, his photographs would be associated with an emotionally charged connection to the subjects, which would eventually include historical figures from presidents to cultural icons. Following the birth of his first child in 2008, Christopher exited the world of journalism and war photography, turning the camera towards family. These photographs would become the bestselling books SON, PIA, and MARION.
Anderson works now as both a filmmaker and photographer floating between genres that include his personal images of family, fashion, portraiture and documentary.
Books
- Odyssey, 2023, Stanley Barker
- Marion, 2022, Stanley Barker
- Son, 2021, Stanley Barker
- Pia, 2020, Stanley Barker
- Cop, 2019, Stanley Barker
- Approximate Joy, 2018, Stanley Barker
- Stump, 2013, RM
- Son, 2012, Kehrer Verlag
- Capitolio, 2009
Awards
- Getty Grant (2008)
- World Press Photo (2008)
- World Press Photo (2007)
- Magazine Photographer of the Year (2005)
- Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by The New York Times Magazine (2000)
- Robert Capa Gold Medal (2000)
- Kodak Young Photographer of the Year (1999)
Solo Exhibitions
- 2023 Odyssey, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
- 2022 Family Trilogy, Robert Morat Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- 2019 Approximate Joy, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, USA
- 2018 Approximate Joy, Danziger Gallery, New York, USA
- 2012 Son, Magnum Gallery, Paris, France
- 2011 Son, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- 2010 Moda, Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
- 2010 Capitolio, ImageSingulieres, Sète, France
- 2010 Capitolio, Milk Gallery, New York, USA
- 2003 Nonfiction, InCamera, New York, USA