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Draft:Pauline Vermare

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Pauline Vermare
Born
France
OccupationsPhotography curator, art historian, author
Known forPhillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum
AwardsChevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2022)

Pauline Vermare is a French-American photography curator, historian, and author. She currently serves as the Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum. Throughout her career, she has held prominent curatorial and directorial positions at the International Center of Photography (ICP), Magnum Photos, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). In 2022 she was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2022.[1] She is a scholar of 20th-century and contemporary photography, with a focus on documentary photography, Japanese photography, and the visual representation of the Northern-Irish conflict.

Early life and education

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Vermare earned a master's degree in Japanese from INALCO, a master's degree in International Relations from Sciences Po, and a master's degree in Art History from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.[2] She earned her Ph.D. from Lumière University Lyon 2 in 2021. Her doctoral thesis, titled La représentation visuelle du conflit nord-irlandais (1969–1998) (The visual representation of the Northern Irish conflict (1969–1998)), examined the role of photography in documenting the Northern Irish conflict and the subsequent peace process.

Career

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Vermare began her career in 2001 at the Paris office of Magnum Photos. From 2002 to 2009, she worked at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, collaborating closely with Henri Cartier-Bresson and Martine Franck. She moved to New York in 2009 to join the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) where she assisted Peter Galassi on the retrospective Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century (2010).[3]

From 2010 to 2017, Vermare served as curator at the International Center of Photography (ICP). During her tenure she worked on The Mexican Suitcase archives and co-curated the traveling exhibition Magnum Manifesto (2017).[4] She subsequently served as the Cultural Director of Magnum Photos in New York from 2017 to 2022.

In late 2023, Vermare was appointed the Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum.[5] In 2004, she curated the museum's "I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now", which received significant critical attention for its effort to expand the photographic canon. [6]

Exhibitions

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  • Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century (2010), Museum of Modern Art, New York. Assistant Curator.[7]
  • The Mexican Suitcase (2011), International Center of Photography, New York. Associate Curator.[8]
  • All About Saul Leiter (2017), Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo. Curator.
  • Magnum Manifesto (2017), International Center of Photography. Co-curator.[9]
  • I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now (2024), Brooklyn Museum. Curator.[10]

Honors and awards

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Board Memberships

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Vermare sits on the board of directors for several prominent photographic and arts organizations:

  • Saul Leiter Foundation, New York.[11]
  • Catherine Leroy Fund, Paris.[12]
  • Photo Museum Ireland, Expert Advisory Panel.[13]

Bibliography

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  • Leiter, Saul (2018). All About Saul Leiter. Text by Margit Erb, Pauline Vermare, and Motoyuki Shibata. RM/Seigensha. ISBN 978-84-17047-49-8.
  • Vermare, Pauline (2019). Gilles Caron: Insurrections – Irlande du Nord, 1969. Arles: Éditions Photosynthèses. ISBN 979-10-95822-07-3.
  • Vermare, Pauline; Martin, Lesley A., eds. (2024). I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now. New York: Aperture. ISBN 978-1-59711-553-7.
  • Vermare, Pauline (2025). Un désir absolu de mémoire: une histoire de la photographie et du conflit nord-irlandais. Paris: Atelier EXB. ISBN 978-2-36511-452-3.

References

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  1. 1 2 "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – été 2022". Ministry of Culture (France). November 25, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  2. ↑ Pauline Vermare: Sciences Po and the politics and power of the image
  3. ↑ Leers, Dan. "At Home Everywhere: The Travels of Henri Cartier-Bresson". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 17 Feb 2026.
  4. ↑ Lubow, Arthur (May 25, 2017). "The Magnum Manifesto: 70 Years of Photography". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Brooklyn Museum Names Pauline Vermare Curator of Photography". Brooklyn Museum. November 1, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  6. ↑ LaBarge, Emily (July 11, 2024). "A Revelatory Look at Japanese Women Photographers". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  8. ↑ Vogel, Carol (January 28, 2010). "The 'Mexican Suitcase' Images at the I.C.P." The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  9. ↑ "ICP Presents Magnum Manifesto". International Center of Photography. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  10. ↑ LaBarge, Emily (July 11, 2024). "A Revelatory Look at Japanese Women Photographers". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  11. ↑ "About the Foundation". Saul Leiter Foundation. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  12. ↑ "The Catherine Leroy Fund Board". Catherine Leroy Fund. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Panel of Expert Advisors". Photo Museum Ireland. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
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