Draft:Benjamin Kanarek

  • Comment: The name-dropping is intense. A randomly chosen sample: In 2005, Kanarek was invited to the 3rd Festival international de la photographie de mode in Cannes, which brought together around fifty photographers. The guests of honour were Hans Feurer and Jean-Daniel Lorieux. Why name the "guests of honour"? His series Chambres d'Hôtel was exhibited at the event, supported by Canon, Why say that it was supported by Canon? as reported in Photo. "[A]s reported in Photo" is unnecessary: this information is anyway within the reference. The same issue also included a dedicated two-page spread on Kanarek, recalling that he had been the first photographer to shoot top model Kim Alexis Why say that she was (is?) a "top model"? for a cover of Chatelaine (Canada) and mentioning his Swarovski advertising campaign produced with Saatchi & Saatchi. Why does the reader need to be told of mere mentions? -- Hoary (talk) 01:10, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Benjamin Kanarek is a Canadian-born fashion and portrait photographer whose work has appeared in international publications and exhibitions.

Early life and early career

Benjamin Kanarek was born in Toronto. He studied architecture at Carleton University in Ottawa and was active as a musician before turning to photography.[1]

One of his earliest documented published photographs appeared in the August 1983 issue of the US edition of Vogue.[2] His movements between Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Milan and Paris were documented in a feature on emerging photographers in the French magazine Création in 1987.[3] In 1989, Kanarek was invited to participate in the exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles, France.[4]

Career

Kanarek’s work spans portrait, fashion and advertising photography. His editorial work has appeared in international fashion publications.[5][6]

His work has been featured in curated exhibitions and festivals, including the Festival international de la photographie de mode in Cannes.[7]

In 2012, Fashion (Canada) published a thirteen-page haute couture story photographed by Kanarek.[5] The same issue featured an article by journalist Amy Verner describing his approach to photographing couture under tight production constraints, highlighting lighting and spontaneity.[6] One image from this series was later reproduced in the official catalogue of the 2015 retrospective Jean Paul Gaultier au Grand Palais at the Grand Palais in Paris.[8]

His subsequent editorial work includes a beauty series photographed at the Musée Rodin for Vogue China (August 2019), two images of which were acquired by the museum’s permanent collection in 2020.[9][10][11] In 2023, Elle Decor Korea – The Makers (Book Edition) featured his analogue portrait series The Man on the Street – Montmartre Portrait Project.[12]

Style and reception

Kanarek’s work has been discussed in French visual culture magazines since the late 1980s.

In 1987, the French magazine Création published articles discussing new aesthetic tendencies in photography and identified Kanarek’s campaign for Le Bon Marché as illustrative of a shift toward imagery described as “muted yet saturated, pastel yet vivid, blurred yet sharp”.[13]

In another article, critic Philippe Chaudré discussed Kanarek’s practice in terms of balancing technique and intuitive artistic process, noting his attention to timing and lighting and a preference for flexible working methods rather than detailed pre-planned layouts.[14]

Kanarek was also singled out by the editorial team among “ten photographers to watch”, in a profile summarising his early trajectory in editorial and advertising photography.[3]

In 2005, the magazine Photo profiled Kanarek as “maître de la lumière” (“master of light”) and discussed the impact of digital photography on his work. Articles in Photo also examined his technical approach and noted that one of his lighting setups had been copyrighted.[15][16]

Exhibitions

  • 1989 — Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France, 20th anniversary exhibition "Nos 20 ans".[4]
  • 2005 — Festival international de la photographie de mode, Cannes; presentation of the series Chambres d'Hôtel.[7]
  • 2006 — Festival international de la photographie de mode, Cannes; further participation.[17]
  • 2006 — La Santa Cultura Visual – Delicatessen, Barcelona; I Doll included in the exhibition Anti-Fashion System.[18]
  • 2021 — A Bird's-Eye View of Fashion Photography: From Behind the Camera, Port Washington Public Library, New York, two-part exhibition organized in collaboration with Hearst.[19]

Publications with contributions by Kanarek

  • 2015 — Jean Paul Gaultier au Grand Palais — exhibition catalogue published by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in co-edition with the Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais; includes a double-page reproduction of a haute couture photograph by Kanarek originally published in Fashion (Canada) in 2012.[8]
  • 2023 — Elle Decor Korea – The Makers (Book Edition) — includes eight black-and-white portraits from Kanarek’s Montmartre Portrait Project (pp. 226–233).[12]

References

  1. ^ "Contributors". Elle Hong Kong (in Traditional Chinese). No. 343. 2008. p. 46. ISSN 1683-7456.
  2. ^ "Advertising photograph". Vogue (US edition). August 1983. p. 210. ISSN 0042-8000.
  3. ^ a b Pouligo, Christian (July–August 1987). "Dix photographes parmi ceux qui attendent la relève". Création. No. 89. pp. 48–51. ISSN 0765-9911.
  4. ^ a b "Rencontres d'Arles, 1989 — Nos 20 ans". Rencontres d’Arles (archived). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b "A Canadian in Paris". Fashion (Canada). November 2012. pp. 203–215. ISSN 1710-0776.
  6. ^ a b Verner, Amy (November 2012). "Frill Seeker". Fashion (Canada). pp. 94–95. ISSN 1710-0776.
  7. ^ a b "Festival international de la photographie de mode (Cannes)". Photo. No. 421. July–August 2005. pp. 86–87. ISSN 0399-5362.
  8. ^ a b Jean Paul Gaultier au Grand Palais. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / RMN–Grand Palais. 2015. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-2-89192-373-8.
  9. ^ "The Beauty and the Body". Vogue China. August 2019. pp. 188–197. ISSN 1671-001X.
  10. ^ "Vita Mir et le Torse de la muse Whistler nue (plâtre)". Musée Rodin (archived). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Vita Mir, Niobé et Ève au rocher (marbres)". Musée Rodin (archived). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  12. ^ a b Elle Decor Korea – The Makers (Book Edition). 2023. pp. 226–233.
  13. ^ Bellaiche, Norbert (July–August 1987). "La photo pub: la dictature des modes". Création. No. 89. pp. 45–46. ISSN 0765-9911.
  14. ^ Chaudré, Philippe (July–August 1987). "Technique, la tendance, l'intendance aussi". Création. No. 89. pp. 72–75. ISSN 0765-9911.
  15. ^ Grégoire, Agnès (September 2005). "Maître de la lumière". Photo. No. 422. p. 22. ISSN 0399-5362.
  16. ^ Dessaux, Michel (July–August 2005). "La technique de la photo de mode par Benjamin Kanarek". Photo. No. 421. pp. 86–87. ISSN 0399-5362.
  17. ^ "Festival international de la photographie de mode (Cannes)". Photo. No. 431. July–August 2006. p. 75.
  18. ^ "Anti-Fashion System (I Doll)". Delicatessen — La Santa Cultura Visual. No. 1. 2006. pp. 76–85.
  19. ^ "A Bird's-Eye View of Fashion Photography From Behind the Camera". Women's Wear Daily. 20 May 2021.

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