Paris Photo: looking at the world through a different lens

Cig Harvey, British, born 1973 Claire in the Forsythia, Rockport, ME, 2010 Chromogenic print 40 x 40 inches (101.6 x 101.6 cm) Acquired 2022 JPMorgan Chase Art Collection © Cig Harvey, Courtesy Robert Klein Gallery

Paris Photo : looking at the world through a different lens

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As J.P. Morgan Private Bank celebrates 11 years of partnership with Paris Photo, we invite you to explore the highlights of our modern and contemporary art collection at our 2022 exhibition.

For over 10 years, an integral part of the partnership with Paris Photo has been the special exhibition featuring highlights of the collection. Each year, with different thematic focuses, we have featured iconic photographs from the 19th century to the present day.

Annabelle Azoulay

While we continue to navigate a new world of connecting to one another, both in person and virtually, art remains a vital part of our shared experience. This year our exhibition, A Different Lens, explores the world through a dynamic and distinct dimension. The collection presents powerful interpretations of the traditional genres of photography whilst representing our global business and social priorities as a firm — displaying diversity of all kinds, and a commitment to always see the world through a new lens. The iconic works by Diane Arbus, Ming Smith, Graciela Iturbide, Tina Barney, Mickalene Thomas, and Laurie Simmons are complemented by recent acquisitions by Carolle Bénitah, Yamini Nayar, Terri Loewenthal, and Cig Harvey. Not only does the exhibition of 12 compelling photographs reflect J.P. Morgan’s international platform, but it also showcases our long history of supporting emerging artists.

Annabelle Azoulay Region Head, France & Benelux, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Charlotte says “Global challenges have changed how we connect and communicate. Art remains fundamental to our shared experience and helps us see in new ways. At J.P. Morgan, we embrace the future as we learn from the past. The JPMorgan Chase Art Collection reflects enduring values of innovation and diversity.”

Head of J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands

Reflecting our values

Ming Smith, American, born 1951 Amen Corner Sisters, New York City, NY, 1976 / 2019 Gelatin silver print 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Acquired 2019 JPMorgan Chase Art Collection Image Courtesy Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, and San Francisco

Terri Loewenthal, American, born 1973 Psychscape 01 (Black Mountain, CA), 2020 Archival pigment print 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Acquired 2022 JPMorgan Chase Art Collection ©Terri Loewenthal, Courtesy Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Graciela Iturbide, Mexican, born 1942 Mujer Angel, Desierto de Sonora, 1979 Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Acquired 1995 JPMorgan Chase Art Collection © Graciela Iturbide

Carolle Bénitah, French Moroccan, born 1965 Toto à 7 mois, 2018 Digital print enhanced with gold leaf 11 13/16 × 8 11/16 inches (30 × 22 cm) Acquired 2018 JPMorgan Chase Art Collection © Courtesy of ADAGP Paris

Tina Barney, American, born 1945 The Reception, 1985 C-print 48 × 60 inches (121.9 × 152.4 cm) Acquired 1986 JPMorgan Chase Art Collection © Tina Barney

Artists working in photographic media and modalities expand our perspective and bring us into dialogue with their work, vision, communities, as well as lived and imagined experiences. These photographs transport us and ground us simultaneously, inviting us to consider our own. We believe that art is a catalyst for connection, and we’re thrilled to connect, in-person and virtually, at and via Paris Photo 2022.

Charlotte Eyerman, Executive Director and Global Head of the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, explains “Since the collection’s founding in 1959, our primary commitment is to emerging, developing and under-recognised artists. We’re delighted to shed light equally on artists at different levels of exposure and renown who are both intergenerational and international.”

Paris Photo 2022 will take place from 10–13 November at the Grand Palais Ephémère in Paris, France.

This year’s lead image is Claire in the Forsythia, Rockport, ME, by Cig Harvey. Harvey’s images are visual narratives that reveal the alchemy of her present surroundings, and her vibrant use of color and natural light offer a mystical view to her family life in rural Maine. This photograph is included in her book, You Look at Me like an Emergency, a visual memoir created over 10 years that takes viewers on a vibrant journey of her life. Harvey has published five books, including her most recent, Blue Violet, in 2021. Her works form part of a number of permanent collections across the globe, including at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Library of Congress and Yale University.

Born in Detroit, MI, and raised in Columbus, OH, Ming Smith moved to New York City in 1973 after receiving a degree from Howard University. She worked on both sides of the camera as a model and photographer. Ming documented black life and prominent cultural figures such as Grace Jones, Sun Ra, and James Baldwin as well as legendary jazz musicians. Smith became the first black woman photographer to be included in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. As the first female member of the Kamoinge Workshop, an influential African American photographic collective, Smith captured the streets of New York. Amen Corner Sisters, New York City, NY, 1976 is an iconic example of this body of work.

Terri Loewenthal is an artist and musician working in the tradition of landscape photography. Her acid-color photographs of the Southwest offer varying perspective of the environment. Loewenthal’s images are single, in-camera exposures created by utilizing a special tool she designed. The results of this technique are overlapping imagery in vivid saturated hues. Her Psychscape series looks at the emotional connection the artist has to the natural world. Originally from Washington D.C. and South Florida, Loewenthal lives and works in Oakland, California. She has been a musician for over a decade, performing with her bands Call and Response and Rubies and Shock.

Graciela Iturbide, Mexican, born 1942 Mujer Angel, Desierto de Sonora, 1979 Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Acquired 1995 JPMorgan Chase Art Collection © Graciela Iturbide

Graciela Iturbide is one of the most influential contemporary photographers of our time. Born in Mexico City, her powerful black and white images of her native home offers a deep and rare insight into the everyday lives of indigenous communities. Iturbide created the photograph Mujer Angel, Desierto de Sonora (Angel Woman, Sonora Desert) in 1979. The Seri woman maintains a strong connection to her ancient language and culture, however, Iturbide is able to capture a moment where the modern world pervades life as the woman is seen carrying a boom box into the landscape. The title refers to the woman hovering between two worlds. Iturbide began photographing after the death of her youngest daughter. She enrolled in a film class where she apprenticed with Manuel Álvarez Bravo, an important figure in 20th century Latin American photography. Since the 1970s, she has created photo essays of diverse cultures and communities. Her exhibition Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico was recently on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Carolle Bénitah is a French photographer who explores family, memory, and time in her mixed media image-based practice. She began gathering photographs of families at open air markets and antique shops, creating a surrogate family archive with the specific faces and bodies covered over in gold leaf—a surface upon which to connect with her own family images, as well as an historical nod to Renaissance gold-ground paintings to signify precious value. Toto à 7 mois explores family and memory—an acknowledgement of the artist’s own experiences with these themes. Bénitah was born in Casablanca and graduated from Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. She worked as a fashion designer for 10 years before turning to photography full time in 2001.

Tina Barney, American, born 1945 The Reception, 1985 C-print 48 × 60 inches (121.9 × 152.4 cm) Acquired 1986 JPMorgan Chase Art Collection © Tina Barney

Tina Barney is a fine art photographer known for her color portrait photography using a large format camera. Her subjects include elite families in intimate settings. Barney’s detailed compositions examine relationships between family and friends with brilliant detail as she captures serendipitous moments with a 4x5 camera. The Reception, 1985, captures her sister on her wedding day, with her hands clutching a handbag in a gesture similar to that of Angel Fernandez de Soto, the portrait by Picasso hanging on a wall behind her. An Impressionist painting of three apples also echoes the composition of the three people in the room. Barney was born in New York City and has been photographing for over 40 years. Her work is held in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Charlotte Eyerman, Executive Director and Global Head of the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection

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