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Steve Rifkin, Au fil du temps

Past exhibition
2018-01-20
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Overview
Steven Rifkin Untitled, St Paul, MN, 1976 Tirage gélatino-argentique Signé et tamponné par l'artiste au dos 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm 1/5
Steven Rifkin
Untitled, St Paul, MN, 1976
Tirage gélatino-argentique
Signé et tamponné par l'artiste au dos
17,8 x 17,8 cm
Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
1/5

I first discovered Steven Rifkin's own photographs as I was perusing the collection of photographic prints that he has been assembling for over thirty years. Almost by chance, at his vast studio in Mount Vernon, in the suburbs of New York City, I came across a body of small, remarkable prints signed Steven Rifkin. I was amazed since he had never told me about his own photographs before. But in fact, after the first moments of astonishment had passed, I was not all that surprised for Rifkin is one of those reserved people who is always ready to listen but rarely reveals anything about themselves. I very soon decided to put his photographs on display at the gallery. Rather than documenting the world, they talk of his emotions, his own life. I am very pleased to be able to take this particular byway; I am extremely happy that Steven Rifkin has chosen Les Douches to unveil his work.

Françoise Morin

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Works
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, St Paul, MN, 1976
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, St Paul, MN, 1976
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Butch & Dan Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Butch & Dan
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Mississippi River, Minneapolis, MN Tirage gélatino-argentique
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Mississippi River, Minneapolis, MN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, La Jolla, CA, 1989
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, La Jolla, CA, 1989
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Staten Island Ferry Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Staten Island Ferry
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Croix, MN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Croix, MN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Mendota Heights, MN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Mendota Heights, MN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Newburyport, MA, 1986
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Newburyport, MA, 1986
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Farm Auction, MN, 1989
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Farm Auction, MN, 1989
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Staten Island Ferry Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Staten Island Ferry
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, St Paul, MN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, St Paul, MN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Eureka Springs, AR Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Eureka Springs, AR
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Bloomington, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Bloomington, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, St Paul, MN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, St Paul, MN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Kansas City, MO, 1975
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Kansas City, MO, 1975
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, St Louis, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, St Louis, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Newburyport, MA Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Newburyport, MA
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Mad River Glen, VT Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Mad River Glen, VT
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, NYC Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, NYC
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, NYC Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, NYC
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Kansas City, MO, 1976
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Kansas City, MO, 1976
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, NYC Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, NYC
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Eddington, KS Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Eddington, KS
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Eureka Springs, AR Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Eureka Springs, AR
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Coney Island Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Coney Island
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Unionville, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Unionville, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Brooklyn, NY, 1980
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Brooklyn, NY, 1980
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Colorado Springs, CO, 1975
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Colorado Springs, CO, 1975
  • Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN, 1977
    Steven Rifkin, Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN, 1977
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Michoacán, Mexico Tirage gélatino-argentique
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Michoacán, Mexico
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Perma, WA Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Perma, WA
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Unionville, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Unionville, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Louisville, KY Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Louisville, KY
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, St Paul, MN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, St Paul, MN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, NYC Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, NYC
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, NYC Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, NYC
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Springvale, ME Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Springvale, ME
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Lake Lemon, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Henry Holmes Smith Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Henry Holmes Smith
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Kansas City, MO Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Kansas City, MO
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, NYC Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, NYC
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, Bloomington, IN Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, Bloomington, IN
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
  • Steven Rifkin Untitled, NYC Tirage gélatino-argentique 17,8 x 17,8 cm Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
    Steven Rifkin
    Untitled, NYC
    Tirage gélatino-argentique
    17,8 x 17,8 cm
    Dim. papier: 20,3 x 25 cm
Press
  • Steven Rifkin ou la douceur de vivre

    L'Oeil de la photographie
  • Une certaine douceur de vie

    Jean-Marc Bodson, La Libre, 7 February 2018
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  • L'Amérique de Steven Rifkin

    Sophie de Santis, Figaroscope, 7 February 2018
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  • Steven Rifkin, Au fil du temps

    Zaha Redman, La Gazette drouot, 1 February 2018
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  • Steven Rifkin : Au fil du temps

    Frédérique Chapuis, Télérama, 1 February 2018
  • Plongée dans le "quotidien sublimé" du photographe Steven Rifkin

    Kitty Dominique Poiret, Libération, 29 January 2018
  • Des années 1970 à nos jours, Steven Rifkin immortalise la douceur de l'Amérique en noir et blanc

    Donnia Ghezlane-Lala, Konbini, 25 January 2018
  • Snapshot: "Au fil du temps" by Steven Rifkin

    Kitty Grady, Financial Times, 19 January 2018
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Installation Views
Press release

It is perhaps wrong to imagine Steven Rifkin as a calm, almost happy man, of extreme elegance and refinement. But this is obviously how we imagine him in light of his work. The title of this exhibit could easily have been The Gentleness of Life. 

Rifkin takes us on a tour of a day-to-day America that changes almost in real-time, one that we have rarely seen. From the 1970s to the present day, Rifkin shows us an America of astounding purity. His inhabitants are photographed as so many actors in a silent musical, filmed in black and white. When they come in pairs, they are like the positive side of Diane Arbus's characters. Rifkin does not belong to any tradition; he is his own tradition. As such, he tells us the story of his own America, a peaceful America where Kennedy and Martin Luther King were never assassinated, an America that never experienced Vietnam, an America where Donald Trump never became president. 

Yet this appearance of supreme gentleness owes as much to the quality of his prints as to their subjects. It is impossible to imagine Rifkin's photos printed by anyone other than himself. They have the softness and mystery of sketches, so much so that one wonders whether they are prints or drawings. So it is hardly surprising to learn that Rifkin is also the official printer for a number of major photographers. And among these great photographers is Rifkin himself.  

Olivier Beer

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