Clément Chéroux

Chéroux has overseen many exhibitions and books on photographers and photography. He has been awarded the Prix Nadar (with Quentin Bajac) and a Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Knight).

The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is art history, history of photography and photography. Employment is recorded with University of Lausanne, Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Works named in the authority record are Henri Cartier-Bresson. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Knight 2nd Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit and Officer of Arts and Letters.

• Name — Clément Chéroux • Born — 1970 • Birthplace — Vélizy-Villacoublay, Île-de-France, French Fifth Republic • Alma Mater — Paris I • Thesis Title — Une généalogie des formes récréatives en photographie, 1890-1940 • Thesis Year — 2004 • Doctoral Advisor — Philippe Dagen • Discipline — History • Sub Discipline — Art history • Workplaces — * Paris I • Paris 8 • UNIL • Pompidou Centre • SFMOMA • MoMA • Main Interests — Photography

Chéroux was born in Vélizy-Villacoublay, in the south-western suburbs of Paris. He earned a degree from the École nationale supérieure de la photographie (national school of photography) in Arles and a PhD in art history from the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris.

For ten years Chéroux taught history of photography at the University of Paris I, the University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, and the University of Lausanne. From 1998 he was executive editor of the magazine Études photographiques. From 2007 to 2012 he was Curator and from 2013 to 2016 Chief Curator of Photography at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. From 2017 to 2020 he was Senior Curator of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California. Since 2020 he has been the Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

• Shoot!, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2010. Curated by Chéroux, Martin Parr, Erik Kessels, Joan Fontcuberta, and Joachim Schmid. • From Here On, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2011 • Edvard Munch, l'Oeil Moderne, Pompidou Centre, Paris, 2011/2012; Tate Modern, London, 2012 • Paparazzi! Photographers, Stars and Artists, Pompidou Centre, Paris, 2014 • Henri Cartier-Bresson, Pompidou Centre, Paris, 2014 • Louis Stettner: Here and There, Pompidou Centre, Paris, 2016; Louis Stettner: Traveling Light, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California. Curated by Chéroux and Julie Jones.

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