The exhibition was presented for the first time in Europe. From the moment of its foundation in 1991, Elton John’s collection of photographs had been exhibited only once, in the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).
The exposition consisted of 148 pieces of art by 24 contemporary photographers, selected by Elton John and his partner, David Furnish. The list of artists, whose works were presented in the PinchukArtCentre, included David LaChapelle, Nan Goldin, Zhang Huan, Sam Taylor Wood, Rineka Dijkstra, Loretta Lux, Ruud Van Empel, Hiroshi Sugimoto and others.
Curators: Jane Jackson, Director of the Sir Elton John Photography Collection and Peter Doroshenko, President of the PinchukArtCentre
Edward Burtynsky
Container Ports #8, Racine Port, Montreal, Quebec, 2001
chromogenic dye coupler print
Edward Burtynsky
Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jiin Province, China, 2005
chromogenic print
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #24, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
chromogenic dye coupler print
Chuck Close
Sir Elton John, 2000
digital ink-jet print
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Backyard Romance), Summer, 2004
digital c-print mounted on aluminum
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (bed of roses), Winter 2005
digital c-print mounted on aluminum
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Boy With Hand In Drain), 2001–2002
digital c-print mounted on aluminum
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Boy With Hand In Drain), 2001–2002
digital c-print mounted on aluminum
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Rug Lady), 1999
digital c-print mounted on aluminum
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Rug Lady), 1999
digital c-print mounted on aluminum
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Rug Lady), 1999
digital c-print mounted on aluminum
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Sod Man), 1999
laser direct c-print
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Sod Man), 1999
laser direct c-print
Philip-Lorca DiCorcia
Brent Booth, 21, Des Moines, Iowa, 1990–1992
Ektacolor print
Philip-Lorca DiCorcia
Joe Reeves: 37 years old: San Fernando, CA.;1990–1992
Ektacolor print
Philip-Lorca DiCorcia
W, September 1999, #13, 2000
Fugicolor Crystal archive print
Rineka Dijkstra
Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26, 1992
colour coupler print
Anthony Goicolea
Last Supper, 1999
color c-print
Anthony Goicolea
I’ll Show You Yours If You Show Me Mine, 2000
color c-print
Anthony Goicolea
I’ll Show You Yours If You Show Me Mine, 2000
color c-print
Anthony Goicolea
Poolpushers, 2001
chromogenic dye coupler print
Nan Goldin
Hotel “Village”, Room, 1992
cibachrome print
Nan Goldin
Kim in Rhinestones, 1991
cibachrome print
Nan Goldin
Self Portrait in the Blue Bathroom, Berlin, 1991
cibachrome print
Katy Grannan
Dee and Van, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, 2003
c-print
Katy Grannan
Mike, Hearthstone Motel, Upper Red Hook, NY, 2004
gelatin silver print
Katy Grannan
Mike, Hearthstone Motel, Upper Red Hook, NY, 2004
gelatin silver print
Katy Grannan
Untitled (from the Poughkeepsie Journal), 1999
c-print
Katy Grannan
Untitled (from the Poughkeepsie Journal), 1999
c-print
David Hilliard
Dad, 1998
chromogenic dye coupler print
David Hilliard
Highway of Thought, 2004
c-print mounted on aluminum
David Hilliard
His Problem with Plurality, 1998
c-print mounted on aluminum
David Hilliard
Making Boys Cry, 2001
c-print mounted on aluminum
David Hilliard
Spring Trainer, 2006
c-print mounted on aluminum
David Hilliard
Super Heroes, 2004
c-print mounted on aluminum
David Hilliard
Susie Floating, 2003
c-print mounted on aluminum
David Hilliard
The Widow, 2005
c-print mounted on aluminum
David Hilliard
The Winter Months, 1994
c-print mounted on aluminum
Zhang Huan
To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain, 1995
Сolour coupler print
Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond, Beijing, China, 1997
Сolour coupler print
David LaChapelle
Leonardo DiCaprio: American Dreams, 1995 Fujicolor Crystal archive print
David LaChapelle
Eminem about to Blow, NY, 1999
Fujicolor Crystal archive print
David LaChapelle
Tupac Shakur: Becoming Clean, LA, 1996
Fujicolor Crystal archive print
Loretta Lux
Milo 1, 2004
ilfochrome print
Loretta Lux
Study of a Girl 1, 2002
Ilfochrome print
Loretta Lux
The Hush, 2000
Ilfochrome Print
Loretta Lux
Three Wishes, 2001
Ilfochrome Print
Sally Mann
Triptych, 2004
silver print with varnish
Ryan McGinley
Dakota (hair), 2004
chromogenic dye coupler print
Ryan McGinley
Falling Forward, 2005
chromogenic dye coupler print
Ryan McGinley
Untitled, 2005
c-print
Richard Misrach
Battleground Point #30, 1999
c-print
Richard Misrach
Golden Gate, 9-4-1998, 7:02 am
chromogenic dye coupler print
Tracey Moffatt
Something More #1, 1989
cibachrome print
Tracey Moffatt
Something More #8, 1989
cibachrome print
Luis Gonzalez Palma
El Angel, 1993
handpainted silver gelatin print
Matthew Pillsbury
Dennis & Anamilia, BBC news Access Hollywood, 2003
archival ink-jet print
Matthew Pillsbury
Tayna & Sartaj Gill, CSI Miami, 2002 (TV 02003)
archival ink-jet print
Matthew Pillsbury
Tayna & Sartaj Gill, CSI Miami, 2002 (TV 02003)
archival ink-jet print
Matthew Pillsbury
Eric Watson, Thursday, March 11th, 7:40-8:40 pm, Paris, 2004
pigment print
Angela Strassheim
Untitled, 2004
c-print
Angela Strassheim
Untitled, 2003
c-print
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea I, 1990
gelatin silver print
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Irish Sea, Isle of Man I, 1990
gelatin silver print
Sam Taylor Wood
Bram Stoker’s Chair View V, 2005
c-print
Sam Taylor Wood
Bram Stoker’s Chair View VI, 2005
c-print
Ruud van Empel
World #1 (Girl in White Dress), 2005
cibachrome, dibond, plexiglass
Ruud van Empel
World #11, 2005
cibachrome, dibond, plexiglass
Ruud van Empel
World #14, 2006
cibachrome, dibond, plexiglass
Ruud van Empel
World #5 (Boy’s Head Arising From The Water of a Lily Pond), 2005
cibachrome, dibond, plexiglass
Angela West
From My Dad series, 2002
chromogenic dye coupler print
Angela West
From My Dad series, 2002
chromogenic dye coupler print
Angela West
From My Dad series, 2002
chromogenic dye coupler print
Charlie White
Ken’s Basement, 2000
lightjet chromogenic print mounted on plexiglass