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Louis Faurer Biographie
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1916 |
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Born in Philadelphia, PA.
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1937 |
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Bought his first camera.
Won a weekly photography contest in the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger, which convinced him to pursue photography as a career.
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1937 - 1940 |
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Attended Philadelphia’s School of Commercial Art and Lettering.
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1948 |
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Embarked on a career as a fashion photographer, after publishing his first fashion photo in an issue of Junior Bazaar.
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1959 |
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First solo show was held at Helen Gee’s Limelight Gallery in New York City.
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1960 |
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Worked as a movie stills photographer in Hollywood.
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1969 - 1974 |
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Lived and worked abroad, mostly in Paris.
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1975 |
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Returned to the United States permanently.
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1978 |
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Awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant.
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1979 |
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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship.
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1981 |
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Awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant.
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1982 |
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Awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant.
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1984 |
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Stopped photographing completely after being struck by a car while running to catch a city bus and seriously injured.
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2001 |
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Died in Manhattan on March 2.
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2010
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Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
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2009
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Track Artwork Factory, Paris France (solo)
Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY
Deborah Bell Photographs, New York, NY
Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Yancey Richardson Gallery, Koln, Germany
Wien Museum, Wien, Austria
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
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2008
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Deborah Bell Photographs, New York, NY (solo) Camera Work, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Galerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris, France (solo)
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2004
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Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2003
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2002
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Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, Germany (solo)
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (solo)
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1959
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Limelight Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1955
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1948
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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