Philip-Lorca DICORCIA
Born 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut. Lives and works in New York.
American photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia (b. 1951) emerged in the 1980s as part of a generation of photographers who sought to explore and challenge the boundaries of the medium. Over the past three decades, he has become known for his meticulously planned and executed photographs involving a variety of individuals, including friends, relatives, anonymous strangers, pole dancers, and street hustlers, among others. Deploying his subjects in preconceived yet seemingly random positions and contexts, diCorcia’s images are far from candid snapshots, but rather explore the tension between the casual and the posed, the accidental and the fated. At once documentary and theatrical, his work operates in the interstices of fact and fiction.
Chronology
1979 - M.F.A., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1976 - Post Graduate Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1975 - Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1976 - Post Graduate Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1975 - Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Odessa, 1996, Sprüth Magers Online [online presentation]
2020 -
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Heavenly Bodies, David Zwirner Online [online presentation]
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, David Zwirner, Paris
2019 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia, David Zwirner, Hong Kong
2015 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: East of Eden, David Zwirner, New York
2014 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: III Premio Internacional de Fotografía/III International Photography Award, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid [catalogue]
2013 -
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Hustlers, Sprüth Magers, Berlin
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: East of Eden, David Zwirner, London
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Hustlers, David Zwirner, New York
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Photographs 1975–2012, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
2011 - ELEVEN, David Zwirner, New York Roid, Sprüth Magers, London
2009 -
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Family and Friends, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow [part of the 6th International Festival: Fashion and Style in Photography] [catalogue]
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Thousand, David Zwirner, New York
2008 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2007 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston [catalogue]
2006 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Lucky 13 and Hustlers, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich
2005 -
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Lucky Thirteen, PaceWildenstein, New York [exhibition brochure] New Works: Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Gagosian Gallery, London
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Cologne
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Photographs 1975-2003, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Pole Dancers and Hustlers, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
2004 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Fashion Photographs, Monica deCardenas, Milan
2020 -
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Heavenly Bodies, David Zwirner Online [online presentation]
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, David Zwirner, Paris
2019 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia, David Zwirner, Hong Kong
2015 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: East of Eden, David Zwirner, New York
2014 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: III Premio Internacional de Fotografía/III International Photography Award, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid [catalogue]
2013 -
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Hustlers, Sprüth Magers, Berlin
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: East of Eden, David Zwirner, London
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Hustlers, David Zwirner, New York
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Photographs 1975–2012, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
2011 - ELEVEN, David Zwirner, New York Roid, Sprüth Magers, London
2009 -
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Family and Friends, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow [part of the 6th International Festival: Fashion and Style in Photography] [catalogue]
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Thousand, David Zwirner, New York
2008 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2007 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston [catalogue]
2006 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Lucky 13 and Hustlers, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich
2005 -
Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Lucky Thirteen, PaceWildenstein, New York [exhibition brochure] New Works: Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Gagosian Gallery, London
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Cologne
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Photographs 1975-2003, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Pole Dancers and Hustlers, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
2004 - Philip-Lorca diCorcia: Fashion Photographs, Monica deCardenas, Milan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 - David Zwirner: 30 Years, David Zwirner, Los Angeles 2023
2022 -
Hollywood, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
L’arte e la città / Art and the City, Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy
Le Langage Silencieux, Espace culturel départemental 21, bis Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021 -
The 2021 Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Exhibition, International Photography Hall of Fame
Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
Made Realities, Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, Germany
2019 -
Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since Stonewall, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Cámara y ciudad. La vida urbana en la fotografía y el cine, CaixaForum, Barcelona [organized in collaboration with the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris] [catalogue]
Changing Views – 20 Years of Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam [collection display]
The City (And a Few Lonely People), ClampArt, New York
D, frac île-de-france, Le Château de Rentilly, Bussy-Saint-Martin, France
A Day’s Work, Bartha Contemporary, London
Fil Noir, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris [collection display]
Home is a home is a home is a home., Jousse Entreprise, Paris
Singing the Body Electric, David Zwirner, Hong Kong
Street. Life. Photography: Seven Decades of Street Photography, Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna Vantage Points: Contemporary Photography from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Peoria
Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois [organized by the Whitney Museum of American
Art, New York]
Wine Country, Scott Nichols Gallery, Sonoma, California
2018 -
Comfortably Numb, ANOTHER SPACE, New York
David Zwirner: 25 Years, David Zwirner, New York [catalogue]
Une collection de photographies, Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
2017 -
Histórias da sexualidade/Histories of Sexuality, São Paulo Museum of Art Polaroids: The Disappearing, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York
The Polaroid Project, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas [itinerary: WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna; Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin; National Museum of Singapore; Musée McCord, Montreal; MIT Museum, Cambridge, Masschusettes]
2022 -
Hollywood, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
L’arte e la città / Art and the City, Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy
Le Langage Silencieux, Espace culturel départemental 21, bis Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021 -
The 2021 Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Exhibition, International Photography Hall of Fame
Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
Made Realities, Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, Germany
2019 -
Be Seen: Portrait Photography Since Stonewall, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Cámara y ciudad. La vida urbana en la fotografía y el cine, CaixaForum, Barcelona [organized in collaboration with the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris] [catalogue]
Changing Views – 20 Years of Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam [collection display]
The City (And a Few Lonely People), ClampArt, New York
D, frac île-de-france, Le Château de Rentilly, Bussy-Saint-Martin, France
A Day’s Work, Bartha Contemporary, London
Fil Noir, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris [collection display]
Home is a home is a home is a home., Jousse Entreprise, Paris
Singing the Body Electric, David Zwirner, Hong Kong
Street. Life. Photography: Seven Decades of Street Photography, Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna Vantage Points: Contemporary Photography from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Peoria
Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois [organized by the Whitney Museum of American
Art, New York]
Wine Country, Scott Nichols Gallery, Sonoma, California
2018 -
Comfortably Numb, ANOTHER SPACE, New York
David Zwirner: 25 Years, David Zwirner, New York [catalogue]
Une collection de photographies, Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
2017 -
Histórias da sexualidade/Histories of Sexuality, São Paulo Museum of Art Polaroids: The Disappearing, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York
The Polaroid Project, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas [itinerary: WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna; Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin; National Museum of Singapore; Musée McCord, Montreal; MIT Museum, Cambridge, Masschusettes]
Awards
2021 - International Photography Hall of Fame, Saint Louis, Missouri
2013 - International Photography Award, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid
2012 - 2012 Martell Artist of the Year
2001 - Infinity Award for Applied Photography, International Center of Photography, New York
1998 - Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, Life Magazine, Style Essay
1989 - Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1987 - Artist Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1986 - Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1980 - Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
2013 - International Photography Award, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid
2012 - 2012 Martell Artist of the Year
2001 - Infinity Award for Applied Photography, International Center of Photography, New York
1998 - Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, Life Magazine, Style Essay
1989 - Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1987 - Artist Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1986 - Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1980 - Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
Collections
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, Florida
Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Banesto Corporation, Madrid Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama The Broad, Los Angeles
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York
Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, England (through Contemporary Art Society) Centre Pompidou, Paris
Dallas Museum of Art
DG Bank Collection, Frankfurt
Essl Collection, Vienna
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fondation Belgacom, Brussels
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) Ile-de-France
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) Normandie Caen, Caen
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) Normandie Rouen, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France Fundación Telefónica, Madrid
Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy
Gemeentemuseum Helmond, The Netherlands
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Magasin III Stockholm Konsthall
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
Museum De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
National French Foundation for Contemporary Art
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Pecci Museum, Prato, Italy
Sammlung Gundlach, Hamburg
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas
Tate, United Kingdom
Vancouver Art Gallery
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, Florida
Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Banesto Corporation, Madrid Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama The Broad, Los Angeles
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York
Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, England (through Contemporary Art Society) Centre Pompidou, Paris
Dallas Museum of Art
DG Bank Collection, Frankfurt
Essl Collection, Vienna
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fondation Belgacom, Brussels
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) Ile-de-France
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) Normandie Caen, Caen
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) Normandie Rouen, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France Fundación Telefónica, Madrid
Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy
Gemeentemuseum Helmond, The Netherlands
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Magasin III Stockholm Konsthall
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
Museum De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
National French Foundation for Contemporary Art
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Pecci Museum, Prato, Italy
Sammlung Gundlach, Hamburg
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas
Tate, United Kingdom
Vancouver Art Gallery
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
