Carole Naggar


Carole Naggar is a poet, photography historian, curator and painter. She is a regular contributor to Aperture, and Time Lightbox, and since 2014 she has been Series Editor for the Magnum Photos Legacy Biography series. She has written biographies of photographers George Rodger, Werner Bischof and David Seymour (photographer). She was the cofounder and Special Projects Editor of Pixelpress from 1999-2006. Born in Egypt, she currently splits her time between New York and Paris.

Publications

Photography books

  • “Saul Leiter: In My Room”. Lead essay
  • “Henri Cartier-Bresson: Interviews 1956-1998”
  • “Magnum Photobook: Catalogue raisonné”. Co-authored with Fred Ritchin.
  • “Eve Arnold, An Illustrated Biography” Series Editor.
  • “Bruce Davidson, An Illustrated Biography” Series Editor.
  • “Bruno Barbey: Passages”
  • “Dennis Stock: Time is on Our Side”
  • “David Seymour: Vies de Chim”
  • “Chim’s Children of War”
  • “Christer Stromholm: Passages and Metamorphoses”
  • “David Seymour”
  • “The Mexican Suitcase, Catalogue” Essay on a never-published 1936 Chim reportage “The Regulares Indigenas: A Forgotten History”
  • “Magnum: Contacts” Essays on two of Chim’s contact sheets.
  • “Werner Bischof: Carnets de Route”
  • “George Rodger, An Adventurer in Photography”
  • “Mexico Through Foreign Eyes”

Poetry

  • “Voyage à Kyoto”
  • “Haiku de Nuit”
  • “Ukiyo-e, Images of a Floating World”
  • “Cité du Sang / Le Bain”
  • “Egypte”
  • “Night Light”
  • “En Blanc”

Exhibits curated

  • “Magnum Analog Recovery” Exhibit contributor, Paris
  • “Chim’s Children: Hungary, 1948” Budapest
  • “Chim in Mexico: The Gamboa Connection, 1936-1939” Mexico City
  • “Chasing the Dream” United Nations, New York
  • “Linn Sage: American Flag” New York
  • “George Rodger At War” Europe, Japan, Taiwan
  • “John Berger: Drawings” New York
  • “John Berger: Photographs and Texts” New York
  • “Mexico Through Foreign Eyes” United States, Mexico
  • ”Hana Iverson, Photographs” Mexico City
  • “George Rodger: En Afrique” Grenoble
  • “Biennale de Paris: Photography” Paris,
  • “Documents on Minorities”, New York
  • “Christian Boltanski” Lublin
  • “Annette Messager”

Honors and awards