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Book - Selected Writings 

Richard Kalvar 

"Native New Yorker and now Paris-based photographer Richard Kalvar has spent more than 50 years observing humanity through his camera’s lens. With 'Selected Writings', he shifts his gaze from what people reveal through their actions and facial expressions to what they write: graffiti, signs, t-shirts, banners, gravestones and other public inscriptions. In this work, irony and tenderness struggle for the upper hand.

Kalvar’s black-and-white photographs span his career from the late 1960s to the present, and were taken in locations across the Western world, especially in Paris, New York and London.... 

Richard Kalvar 1976

USA. Kansas City MO. Signs "Read the Bible" written on an abandoned... 

Richard Kalvar 2000

FRANCE. Charente-Maritime. Ile de Ré. Le Bois-Plage. 2000. Stop... 

Richard Kalvar 1970

USA. New York City. 1970. Man holding sign "NY being framed to... 

Richard Kalvar 1969

USA. NYC. Brooklyn. Fortune teller with hand. 1969 

Richard Kalvar 2012

USA. New York. 2012. Subway. Loser. 

Richard Kalvar 1976

USA. Brooklyn, New York. Irish-American parade. 1976 

Richard Kalvar 1981

FRANCE. Paris. 

Richard Kalvar 1969

USA. New York. Brooklyn. Ocean Hill/Brownsville. SIGNS: "Truth... 

Richard Kalvar 1969

USA. NYC. Brooklyn. Ocean Hill/Brownsville neighborhood. 1969.... 

Richard Kalvar 1971

FRANCE. Paris. 75006. SIGNS: Acronyms, rue Cassette. 1971 

Richard Kalvar 1970

USA. New York City. 1970. 

Richard Kalvar 1976

USA. New York City. Sign outside a dirty doorway: "Why pay 10... 

Richard Kalvar 1969

SIGNS: "Light moving" moving van. 

Richard Kalvar 1970

USA. New York City. Sigh on a building: "Love thy neighbor as... 

Richard Kalvar 1969

New York. Toilet. Writing: "Please owl". 

Richard Kalvar 1983

JAPAN. Tokyo. Dog in a box outside a store. The writing on the... 

Richard Kalvar 1993

FRANCE. Paris. Sign: "No dogs allowed". 1993 

Richard Kalvar 1983

Tokyo. Palm reading. 

Richard Kalvar 1996

FRANCE. Ardennes, near Charlesville-Mézières. Shopping center.... 

Richard Kalvar 1987

France. Paris. Metro. 1987. "Mort aux..." = "Death to the...".... 

Richard Kalvar 2007

FRANCE. Paris. Maison Européenne de la Photographie. 2007. Hanging... 

Richard Kalvar 2001

FRANCE. Charente Maritime. Ile de Ré. St Martin de Ré. 2001.... 

Richard Kalvar 2020

France. Paris 75009. Rue Caumartin. Pigeons on a historical plaque.... 

Richard Kalvar 1973

UK. England. London. Man reading newspaper in the underground.... 

Richard Kalvar 1978

USA. New York City. Clock without hands. 1978 

Richard Kalvar 1992

England. Leeds. Different public toilets for different people.... 

Richard Kalvar 1973

UK. England. London. SIGNS: "The end is at hand" among an indifferent... 

Richard Kalvar 1969

USA. New York. Blind man with sign. 1969. 

Richard Kalvar 1973

England. London. Signs: English beef. 

Richard Kalvar 1968

USA. New York. 1968. The handwriting on the wall. Window reflections... 

Richard Kalvar 2018

France. Paris. 75014. Bar-coded building, Avenue du Maine. 2018... 

Richard Kalvar 2017

France. Paris. 40th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg).... 

Richard Kalvar 1987

France. Paris. Information display on the Champs Elysées. 

Richard Kalvar 1996

France. Paris. Advertising poster and garbage can couple. 1966.... 

Richard Kalvar 1993

FRANCE. Paris. 20th arrondissement. Old tombstone. Père Lachaise... 

Richard Kalvar 1985

FRANCE. Paris. The Jardin des Plantes gardens. 1985. Very helpful... 

Richard Kalvar 1971

FRANCE. Auvergne region. "Angoisse" (the name of a town) means... 

Richard Kalvar 1969

USA. New York City. 1969. "Father, mother, George"; cemetery,... 

Richard Kalvar 1969

USA. NYC. Brooklyn. Ocean Hill/Brownsville. Middle class morality... 

Richard Kalvar 2019

France. Paris 75001. Extinction Rebellion movement blocks the... 

Richard Kalvar 2012

USA. New York. 2012. Subway staircase. "Say something". 

Richard Kalvar 1998

USA. New York City. 1998. A Madison Avenue office worker smoking... 

Richard Kalvar 1988

France. Paris. Avenue de Clichy. 

Richard Kalvar 2019

USA. California. San Francisco. Truth on Market Street. 2019 

Richard Kalvar 1972

FRANCE. Paris. Sign in hairdresser's window: "Hairdressing, no... 

Richard Kalvar 2022

FRANCE. Paris. March 2022. Place de la République on International... 

Richard Kalvar 2007

FRANCE. Paris. 2007. Sign and trees, Boulevard St. Germain. 

Richard Kalvar 1988

FRANCE. 1988. Blagnac. Hotel sign on a plane tree. 

Richard Kalvar 2011

Bay of Naples, with the Castel dell'Ovo in the distance. Messages... 

Richard Kalvar 2018

France. Paris. Place de la République. Brazilian demonstration.... 

Richard Kalvar 1978

USA. New York. Sex shop? Hot and Cold Eros. Delicatessen storefront.... 

Richard Kalvar 1973

FRANCE. Paris. Sign: No to private property! 1973 

Richard Kalvar 1970

USA. New York City. "We know, we care, we're working". Man sleeping... 

Richard Kalvar 1973

SIGNS: "Your thinking vs. My thinking: Let us debate". 

Richard Kalvar 2012

Unemployed man looking for work. 

Richard Kalvar 1995

USA. New York City. Man trying to raise funds for wine research.... 

Richard Kalvar 1977

USA. South Dakota. BonHomme Hutterite Colony. A family. 1977 

Richard Kalvar 2016

Italy. Sicily. Palermo. Graffiti near the cathedral: "_____'s... 

Richard Kalvar 2019

FRANCE. Paris 75003. Arts et Métiers. "Diesel kills! Jesus saves!".... 

Richard Kalvar 2014

FRANCE. Oise. Hidden road sign. Abbaye de Royaumont (Royaumont... 
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