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 14 March - 3 June 2007 The Maison Européenne de la Photographie presents the first ever retrospective of the work of Richard Kalvar, an Amrican and Parisian photographer and a member of Magnum Photos. From the 1960s to the present, these 90 pictures look back on the 40-year career of a photographer who has travelled across the US, Europe and Japan in search of unusual, moving and amusing pictures. But is this really a retrospective? Richard Kalvar has refused the chronological approach, choosing to ignore dates and placenames in order to twist the thread that might link these spontaneously captured everyday scenes in which ordinary people become unwitting actors in the strangest scenarios. With this timelessness comes a high level of esthetic and thematic consistency. Skilful framing and the choice of just the right moment effectively create an interplay between the apparent banality of a situation and a pervading impression of strangeness, the image constantly shifting between several levels of interpretation. Shot through with ambiguity and dark humour, these deceptively classical photographs provide a singular means of engaging with reality. Richard Kalvar worked for the VU' agency before co-founding the VIVA agency in 1972 with Martine Franck, François Hers, Hervé Gloaguen and Claude-Raymond Dityvon. In 1975 he became an associate member of MAGNUM PHOTOS and a full member two years later. Since then he has been vice-president and president of Magnum. (www.magnumphotos.com) Public event : The MEP offers an oppurtunity to meet Richard Kalvar at a public presentation on Wednesday 21 March at 6pm. For more information see 'Public events/events organized by the MEP cultural service'. Guided visits : These are available for groups, individual visitors, teachers and schoolchildren. For more information see " Public events/Guided visits ". Catalogue : For more information about the exhibition catalogue see " Books and films/Books". 
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