Patrick Faigenbaum

Since receiving international acclaim in the mid-1980s for his portraits of Italian aristocratic families, Patrick Faigenbaum has situated his work within the heart of the pictorial tradition, emphasizing the expressive power of photography and its position within art history. The book features the work of Patrick Faigenbaum, presenting 30 black and white and 21 colored pictures. Faigenbaum's work has been shown this year -2013- in his first major presentation in Canada, during his exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, co-curated by director Kathleen S.Bartels and artist Jeff Wall. The exhibition will be at the French Academy in Rome from october 4th, 2013 since january 19th, 2014 curated by Jeff Wall in collaboration with Jean-François Chevrier.