Craigie Horsfield

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Craigie Horsfield (* 1949 in Cambridge ) is a British photographer .

life and work

Horsfield has lived in Krakow, London, Barcelona, ​​Naples, Madrid and New York so far. He is a black and white photographer and takes portraits . “Horsfield's photographs emerge from an examination of those portrayed, they relate to a specific occasion or to a specific place that the artist has known for a long time.” La Ciutat de la Gent / The City of People, 1993–1995 is a typical one Example of his way of working. Horsfield often develops his photos several years after they have been taken.

His project The El Hierro Conversation was shown at Documenta11 in Kassel in 2002 . In 2003 Horsfield was a participant in the Whitney Biennial . Horsfield had a solo exhibition in 2006 at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris. In 2017 Of the Deep Present: Craigie Horsfield took place at Lugano Arte e Cultura .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kunsthalle Zürich Craigie Horsfield, accessed on January 19, 2019
  2. ↑ Documenta11_Plattform5: Exhibition / Exhibition. Short guide; Page 112, Ostfildern-Ruit 2002 ISBN 3-7757-9087-X
  3. ↑ fact Arte Craigie Horsfield accessed on January 19, 2019 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Horsfield, Craigie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge