CV
1946 – 2009
Born: Brooklyn, New York
EDUCATION
1973
MFA, Photography, San Francisco Art Institute
1968
BA, Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2009
Elected Member, Board of Trustees, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1989 – 2009
Distinguished Professor of Art, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
1993 – 1999
Chair Photography Department, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
1978 – 1988
Instructor of Photography, San Francisco Art Institute
1992 – 1998
Board of Trustees, Headlands Center for the Arts
AWARDS
2000
Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship
United States State Department: International Arts and Lectures Grant
Flintridge Foundation Artist’s Fellowship
1999
Gerbode Foundation
1997
Society of Environmental Graphic Design – Award of Merit
1996
Haas Foundation / Creative Work Fund Award
Marin Arts Council / Artist Fellowship
1992
National Endowment for the Arts / Photography Fellowship
1991
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award
1989
Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship
1988
Englehard Fellowship / ICA Boston
1986
National Endowment for the Arts / Photography Fellowship
Marin Arts Council / Artists Fellowship
1983
Guggenheim Fellowship
1980
National Endowment for the Arts / Photography Fellowship
1978
California Arts Council / Special Projects (with Mike Mandel)
1977
National Endowment for the Arts / Photography Fellowship (with Mike Mandel)
1976
National Endowment for the Arts / Art in Public Places with (Mike Mandel)
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Spring, 2023
Swimmers
MACK
2022
Pictures From Home
Second Printing: MACK
2017
Pictures From Home
New Edition: MACK
2014
Larry Sultan: Here and Home
Prestel USA
2012
Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König / D.A.P.
2010
Katherine Avenue
Steidl
2004
The Valley
Scalo Verlag
1992
Pictures From Home
Harry N. Abrams Inc. New York
1989
Headlands: The Marin Coast at the Golden Gate
University of New Mexico Press (collaboration with Miles DeCoster, Mark Klett, Mike Mandel and Paul Metcalf)
1977
Evidence
self-published (collaboration with Mike Mandel)
1974
How to Read Music in One Evening
self-published (collaboration with Mike Mandel)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Yancey Richardson Gallery: New York
2019
Yancey Richardson Gallery: New York
Casemore Kirkeby: San Francisco, California | with Mike Mandel
2018
Paris Photo: Galerie Thomas Zander, Germany | Paris, France
2017
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: California | Larry Sultan Retrospective, including collaborative works with Mike Mandel
2015
Milwaukee Art Museum: Wisconsin | Larry Sultan Retrospective, including collaborative works with Mike Mandel
Kunst Museum Bonn: Germany
S.M.A.K.: Ghent, Belgium
2014
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: California | Larry Sultan Retrospective, including collaborative works with Mike Mandel
Stephen Wirtz Gallery: San Francisco, California | with Mike Mandel
2012
Amon Carter Museum of American Art: Fort Worth, Texas
2010
Kestnergesellschaft: Hannover, Germany, Katherine Avenue
2009
Galerie Thomas Zander: Köln, Germany
Royal Botanical Gardens: Madrid, Spain | with Mike Mandel
Kunstverein: Bremerhaven, Germany
2007
Domus Atrium O2: Salamanca, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Photography: Chicago, Illinois
Alexandre Pollazzon Gallery: London, England
2006
Campus Galerie: University of Bayreuth, Germany
Jackson Fine Art: Atlanta, Georgia
2005
Musée de l’Elysée: Lausanne Switzerland
Maes & Matthys Gallery: Antwerp Belgium
Photographers Gallery: Vassar College Art Gallery, London, England
2004
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: California
Galerie Thomas Zander: Köln, Germany
The Apartment: Athens, Greece
Stephen Wirtz Gallery: San Francisco, California
Janet Borden Gallery: New York, New York
Center For Creative Photography: Tucson, Arizona
2003
Isabella Brancolini Art Contemporane Gallery: Florence Italy
Stephen Wirtz Gallery: San Francisco
2002
Reflex Modern Art: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Recontres d’Arles: Arles, France
Gallery of Photography: Dublin, Ireland
2001
Janet Borden Gallery: New York, New York
2000
Galerie MK: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996
Queens Museum: New York, New York
1995
Scottsdale Center for the Arts: Scottsdale, Arizona
1994
Corcoran Museum of Art: Washington DC
1993
Chicago Cultural Arts Center: Chicago, Illinois
Janet Borden Gallery: New York, New York
Manchester Craftsman Guild: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art: California
1992
Stephen Wirtz Gallery: San Francisco, California
San Jose Museum of Art: California
1990
The Exploratorium: San Francisco, California
1989
Janet Borden Gallery: New York, New York
Headlands Center for the Arts: Sausalito, California
1987
Rhode Island School of Design: Providence, Road Island
1983
University Art Museum: Berkeley, California
Film In The Cities: St Paul, Minnesota
1982
Portland School of Art: Portland, Maine
University of Colorado Art Gallery: Boulder, Colorado
1981
Light Gallery: Los Angeles, California
Blue Sky Gallery: Portland, Oregon
1979
Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art: Illinois
1978
Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussets
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art: California
1977
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
OBJECTS OF DESIRE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING, Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA, California
CIVILIZATION: THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Musei San Domenico, Forti, Italy
2021
ESSENTIALS: Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln, Germany
SIFEST: Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy
PARIS PHOTO: Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
2020
CIVILIZATION: THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Marseille, France, Aukland, New Zealand, Melbourne Australia, Forti, Italy
MASCULINITIES: LIBERATION THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY: Barbican Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
LABOR: MOTHERHOOD IN ART 2020: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2019
IN THE SUNSHINE OF NEGLECT: California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
OPEN CALL: Shed, New York, New York
2018
THE HOUSE IMAGINARY: San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
ALWAYS GREENER: Seeing and Seeking Suburbia – Selections from the Museum’s Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
A TALE OF TWO WORLDS: Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CONSTELLATIONS: Scenes From the Collection: Jewish Museum, New York, New York
LARRY SULTAN AND HENRY WESSEL: Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln, Germany
2017
NOTIONS OF HOME: Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, New York
A TALE OF TWO WORLDS: Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt am Main
MATERIALS AND OBJECTS: Tate Modern, London, UK
2016
CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
BERKELEY EYE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE COLLECTION: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archives, California
PUBLIC, PRIVATE, SECRET: International Center of Photography, New York, New York
ORDINARY PICTURES: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1000 M2 OF DESIRE: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain
EVERYTHING HAPPENS SOMEWHERE: Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln, Germany
2014
PARIS PHOTO: Galerie Thomas Zander, Paris, France
2013
PROXIMITIES: WHAT TIME IS IT THERE: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California
PARIS PHOTO: Galerie Thomas Zander, France
ART BASEL: Galerie Thomas Zander, Switzerland
PARIS PHOTO LA: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, California
2012
SILVER CURTAIN: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
ABOUT FACE: Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, California
GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: The New Museum, New York, New York
BACKYARD OASIS: THE SWIMMING POOL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHY, 1945-1982: Palm Springs Art Museum, California
PARIS PHOTO: Galerie Thomas Zander, France
ART BASEL: Galerie Thomas Zander, Switzerland
2011
CUT: Galerie Thomas Zander, Koln Germany
HERE: Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, California
IDYLL: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN: CALIFORNIA ART 1974 – 1981: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, California
WUNDER: Kunst, Wissenschaft und Religion, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
2010
LA REVANCHE DE L’ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE: Centre de la Photographie Genève, Switzerland
FOTOMUSEUM WINTERTHUR: Winterthur, Switzerland
2009
INTO THE SUNSET: PHOTOGRAPHY’S IMAGE OF THE AMERICAN OF WEST: Museum Modern Art, New York, New York
ART BASEL: Art Film – Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
SEEING DOUBLE: Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln, Germany
THE ART OF CARING: New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco Camerawork, California
2008
DARKSIDE: FotoMuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
WORLDS AWAY: NEW SUBURBAN LANDSCAPES: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE: BODY AND LANDSCAPE IN L.A. PHOTOGRAPHS: The Huntington Library Museum, Pasadena, California; Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ART FROM THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
SEEING OURSELVES: MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson Mississippi
WORKING MEN: Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2007
DAS KAPITAL – BLUE CHIPS & MASTERPIECES: Museum of Modern Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
2006
FULL HOUSE, VIEWS OF THE WHITNEY COLLECTION AT 75: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
OF MICE AND MEN: 4Th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Germany
CLICK DOUBLE CLICK: THE DOCUMENTARY FACTOR: Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
SO THE STORY GOES: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TINA BARNEY, PHILIP-LORCA DICORCIA, NAN GOLDIN, SALLY MANN AND LARRY SULTAN: Art Institute of Chicago, IllinoisCOMPLICIT: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ART AND MASS CULTURE: University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
CULTURE AND CONTINUITY: Jewish Museum: New York
DREAMING CALIFORNIA: RUTH-MARION BARUCH, BILL OWENS, AND LARRY SULTAN:
MIDDLE GROUND: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York
CALIFORNIA DREAMING: RUTH-MARION BARUCH, BILL OWENS, AND LARRY SULTAN: Berkeley Art Museum, California
SAFE: Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York
SUBURBAN ESCAPE: THE ART OF CALIFORNIA SPRAWL: San Jose Museum of Art, California
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ART FROM THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO: California
GIRLS ON FILM: Zwiner and Wirth Gallery: New York
ROSE SÉLAVY: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
THE BIG PICTURE: CONTEMPORARY LARGE-SCALE PHOTOGRAPHY: University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, California
ABOUT FACE: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
2004
FASHION AND FICTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE 1990: Museum of Modern Art: New York, New York
INSIDE OUT: PORTRAITS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
2003
BAJA TO VANCOUVER: THE WEST COAST IN CONTEMPORARY ART: Traveling exhibition through 2004: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California;
Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, Canada; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
THE GRAY AREA: Wattis Institute, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
FAMILY TIES: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
TV CINEMA VIDEO: Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln, Germany
UNDOMESTICATED INTERIORS: Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
TURNING CORNERS: University Art Museum: Berkeley, California
AT WORK: THE ART OF CALIFORNIA LABOR: Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, California
2002
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
VISIONS FROM AMERICA: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: New York, New York
CHIC CLICKS: CREATIVITY AND COMMERCE IN CONTEMPORARY FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY: Fotomuseum Winterhur, Switzerland
HOUSE BROKEN: Rena Branstein Gallery, San Francisco, California
2001
SETTINGS AND PLAYERS: THEATRICAL AMBIGUITY IN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: White Cube: London, England; Prague City Gallery: Czech Republic
PICTURING MEDIA: MODERN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTIONS: The Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York
POINTS OF DEPARTURE: CONNECTION WITH CONTEMPORARY ART: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
THE PERSISTENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICAN PORTRAITURE: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
COLOR: Janet Borden Gallery, New York, New York
2000
THE PERPETUAL WELL: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM: traveling exhibition through 2001: Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art,
University of Florida at Gainesville; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska in Lincoln; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York; Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
THE PERSISTENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICAN PORTRAITURE: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
IMMODEST GAZES: La Fundacio La Caiza: Barcelona, Spain
THE PATH OF RESISTANCE: PROTEST ART IN THE 20TH CENTURY: Museum of Modern Art: New York, New York
CAPTURING LIGHT: MASTERPIECES OF CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHY, 1850-2000: Oakland Museum of California
MADE IN CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art, California
BEYOND BOUNDARIES: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY IN CALIFORNIA: traveling exhibition organized by Friends of Photography, San Francisco, California;
other venues: University Art Museum, California State University: Long Beach, California; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum: Santa Barbara, California;
American Treasures from the Corcoran Gallery: The Corcoran Gallery of Art: Washington, DC
MAKING LIGHT: WIT AND HUMOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY: Leham Leob Art Center, Vassar College, New York
1999
MODERN STARTS/PEOPLE: The Museum of Modern Art: New York, New York
THE AMERICAN LAWN: SURFACE OF EVERYDAY LIFE: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
INTO THE 21ST CENTURY: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION: San Jose Museum of Art, California
BAY AREA NOW 2: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
25/25: Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
CALIFORNIA CLASSICS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: traveling exhibition in Japan:
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo; Fukui City Art Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
FATHERS AND SONS: PARTS Photographic Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998
POLICE PICTURES: THE PHOTOGRAPH AS EVIDENCE: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; Grey Art Gallery, New York
MATRIX: 20 YEARS: Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archives, California
THE AMERICAN LAWN: SURFACE OF EVERYDAY LIFE: Centre Canadian D’Architecture: Canada
UNDEREXPOSED: Stockholm Metro Stations, Sweden
CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPES: AN URBAN/RURAL DIALOGUE: Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
1997
PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE: A Public Art Project @ Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton, California
POLICE PICTURES: THE PHOTOGRAPH AS EVIDENCE: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
HOPE: The National Arts Club: New York, New York
MARIN ARTS AWARDS EXHIBITION: Falkirk Gallery, San Rafael, California
FRIENDS AND FAMILY: Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
SCENE OF THE CRIME: Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
1996
THE FAMILIAL GAZE: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
TO KEEP HER COUNTENANCE: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY 1871 – PRESENT: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A REFLECTION OF TIME: Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.
PICTURING MODERNITY, ASPECTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
1995
ALTER EGO: Amsterdam Center for the Arts, The Netherlands
LA MATUERE L’OMBRE, LA FICTION: Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
MOVING THE MESSAGE: ACTIVISM AND ART: San Francisco Camerawork Gallery, California
DEATH AND THE FAMILY: Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
HOME IS WHERE: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
WE LOOK AND SEE: University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
INAUGURAL EXHIBITION: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
SPIRIT OF PLAY: Union Station: New York, New York
A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY GALLERY ARTISTS: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994
WHOSE LOOKING AT THE FAMILY: Barbicon Art Gallery, London, England
GESTURE AND POSE: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
NATURE AND CULTURE: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
BIG SHOTS/LITTLE SHOTS: Transamerica Pyramid Lobby, San Francisco, California
1992
DISMANTLING THE MYTH OF THE FAMILY: Betty Rymer Gallery atThe Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
PARENTS: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia (Traveling Exhibition)
1991
THE PLEASURES AND TERRORS OF DOMESTIC COMFORT: The Museum of Modern Art: New York, New York (Traveling Exhibition)
PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS: A SUMMER SELECTION: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
PHOTOGRAPHY AS IDEA: CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE 60’S AND 70’S: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
BLOOD RELATIVES: Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
1991
IMAGING THE FAMILY: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TINA BARNEY, LORIE NOVAK AND LARRY SULTAN: List Art Venter, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
GROUP SHOW: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990
RECENT COLLABORATIONS: Northlight Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
RE: MEMORY, THE WORK OF LORIE NOVAK, GEORGE KRUSE, LARRY SULTAN AND ANNE TURYN: Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
1989
CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHY: REMAKING MAKE-BELIEVE: The Museum of Modern Art: New York, New York (Traveling Exhibition)
REAL LIFE FICTION: PHOTOGRAPHS OF BILL DANE, JOHN HARDING AND LARRY SULTAN: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
1988
NATURE AND CULTURE: The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, California
COLLABORATIONS: Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific Corporation
CROSS CURRENTS/CROSS COUNTRY: SF Camerawork/Photographic Resource Center, San Francisco, California
THE SWIMMERS: Burden Gallery, New York, New York
SUBURBAN VISIONS, MIDDLE-CLASS DREAMS: Muckenthaler Community Center, Los Angeles, California
1987
PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART: INTERACTIONS SINCE 1946: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; Fort Lauderdale Art Museum, Florida
1985
AMERICAN IMAGES 1945-1985: Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
PLAYING IT AGAIN; STRATEGIES OF APPROPRIATION: Santa Fe Center of Contemporary Art, New Mexico (Traveling Exhibition)
FAMILY AS SUBJECT MATTER IN CONTEMPORARY ART: Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC
ART AND ADVERTISING: Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
LES IMMATERIAUX: Musee National D’Art Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1985
SIGNS OF THE TIMES: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
NEW COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY: Museum of Modern Art: New York, New York
THE SWIMMERS: Pace McGill Gallery: New York, New York
1984
PHOTOGRAPHY IN CALIFORNIA: 1945-1975: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California (Traveling Exhibition)
THE COLLECTION OF SAM WAGSTAFF: International Center of Photography, New York, New York
1982
20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
BEYOND COLOR: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
A FEW FRENCH GESTURES: Paris Biennale Xlleme, France
ANTHOLOGIES, CATALOGS AND PORTFOLIOS
2009
Respini, Eva- Into the Sunset: Photography’s image of the American West Museum of Modern Art, NY
2008
Bohn-Spector, Claudia and Watts, Jennifer – This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs, Merrell
Blauvelt, Andrew Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes – Walker Art Center
2006
Bright, Susan Art-Photography Now, Aperture, New York
Weski, Thomas ClickDoubleClick: The Documentary Factor, Walther König, Köln, Gemany
Busard, Katherine So the Story Goes: Photographs by Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca DiCorcia, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann and Larry Sultan, Yale University Press
La Salle Bank – One of a Kind: Portraits from the La Salle Bank Photography Collection
2005
Kennedy, Marla Hamburg and Stiller, Ben. Looking at Los Angeles, Metropolis Books, New York
2004
Fashioning Fiction in Photography since 1990, Museum of Modern Art
Cotton, Charlotte The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson LTD, London
2003
Family Ties, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass
Habitacion 2, Colexio Oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia, Spain
Baja To Vancouver: The West Coast and the Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum
2002
Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art,
Whitney Museum and Prestel Verlag
Lehmann, Ulrich. Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion, Photography ICA Boston, and Hadje Cantz
Hingston, Thomas, Vision On, London
Johnstone, Mark; Aboud-Holzman, Leslie. Epicenter: San Francisco: Bay Area Art Now, Chronicle Books
2001
Aletti, Vince et al. The Book of 11 Books, PPP Editions and Roth Horowitz
Neri, Louise. Setting and Players: Theatrical Ambiguity In American Photography, The White Cube, London, England
Sandbye, Mette. Mindsmaerker, Tavens Sorte Bibliotek
2000
American Treasures of Corcoran Museum of Art, Abbeville Pre
Druckery, Timothy. Immodest Gazes, La Foundation La Caiza, Barcelona
Made in California; Image and Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Kemp, Arnold. Bay Area Now II, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Kabat, Nora. Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, Friends of Photography
1999
California Classics: Highlights from the Collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, exhibition catalogue. APT International Inc., pp.107-109
Kimball, Cathy. Into the 21st Century, Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art
1998
Hirsch, Marianne. Familial Gaze, Harvard University Press
Phillips, Sandra. Police Pictures: The Photograph as Evidence, Chronicle Books, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
George, Alice Rose/ Hope Photographs, Thames and Hudson
1997
Rugoff, Ralph. Scene of the Crime, MIT Press
Sussler, Betsey. Speak Art, The best of Bomb Magazine Interviews G+B Arts International
Blind Spot, #Ten, What Remains After Things Fall Apart
1995
Home is Where, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
Making of a Modern Museum, SF Museum of Modern Art
A Century of American Photography, the Hallmark Collection, Abrams
Geiber, Ron. Parent, Dayton Art Institute/Wright State University
Heyman, Abigail. Flesh and Blood, The Picture Project, New York
1994
Brown, Carol. Who’s Looking at the Family? Barbican Art Gallery, London
1991
Bamburger, Tom. Blood Relatives, The Milwaukee Art Museum
Galassi, Peter. The Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, The museum of Modern Art
1989
Kismaric, Susan. California Photography: Re-Marking Make Believe, The Museum of Modern Art
1988
Tucker, Ann. Cross Currents/Çross Country San Francisco Camerawork and Boston Photographic Resource Center
1987
Grundberg, Andy and Kathleen Gauss. Photography and Art: interactions since 1946, New York: Abbeville Press
1985
Irmas, Deborah. Signs of the Times: Some Recurring Motifs in 20th Century Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1984
Katzman, Louise. Photography in California: 1945 through 1975, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1981
Thomas, Lew and Peter D’Agostino eds. Still Photography: The Problematic Model, San Francisco: NFS Press
ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS
2004
Baker, Kenneth. Mysterious photos make us wonder if seeing is believing, San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, June 26
Buckner, Clark. Larry Sultan: The Valley, Stretcher.org, July 29
DeCarlo, Tessa. Star Maps, San Fernando Valley Style New York Times May 23
Helfand, Glen. Larry Sultan: The Valley Review, Artforum, September, p.276
Jarrell, Joe. Picturing the Naked Truth, SFGATE, May 23, p.18
2003
Baker, Ken. Larry Sultan Art News June
Helfand, Glen. Gallery Walk San Francisco Art on Paper May
Levine, Karen, Larry Sultan at Stephen Wirtz Gallery Tema Celeste May
2002
Bellel, Zeva. Home Movies Dutch July
Cooper, Bernard. Adult Pictures Los Angeles Magazine March
Guerrin, Michel. Larry Sultan, collectionneur de memoire Le Monde July 17
Wolinski, Natacha. Larry Sultan: L’Amerique en eaux Troubles Beau Arts Magazine July
2001
Johnson, Ken. Larry Sultan The Valley New York Times October 5 2001
Portfolio. Days of Their Lives British GQ June
2000
Aletti, Vince. Show of Shows The Village Voice July 25
Sultan, Larry. The Parallel Universe The New York Times Magazine November 12
The Art of Boredom, The New York Times Magazine, April 9, pp. 74-76
Flintridge Announces Award Winners, Artweek, May, p. 2
Lozano, Amparo. Viaje a un mundo interior, Fotografica, April, pp. 10-13
1999
Sunset Porno and the Seamy, Steamy Suburbs. A Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes in Everyday L.A. Vogue Hommes
International Mode, Spring/Summer, pp.130-144
Portfolio. Love Thy Neighbors ARENA September
Portfolio. Hommes Vogue International Spring
Portfolio. Spin September
1998
Preview, The American Lawn Artforum May
Graves, Donna. Site – People in Real Life Suburbia Sculpture April Vol 17 pp. 18-19
Portfolio. What’s Left After things Fall Apart Blind Spot #10
Recent Projects – People in Real life Public Art Review
1997
Brunson, Jamie. People in Real Life Art Issues November/December
Thym, Jolene. A Perfect Exhibit for an Imperfect world, Valley Herald, August 9
1996
Goldberg, Vicki. The Sanpshot, History’s Modest Helper New York Times June 16
1995
Portfolio. The Sailor who Fell from Grace Blind Spot #5
Howell, George. Larry Sultan: Pictures From Home Art Papers May & June
Mader, D.H. Family Values Perspektief Holland: Spring no. 49
Ostrom, Mary Anne. Controversy over Public Art San Jose Mercury News November 11
Sweeny, Camille. Portrait of the American Child New York Times Magazine October 8
England Photography in the Visual Arts A and D Art and Design, London September
Patterson, Tom. Thought-Provoking Exhibit Examines Meaning of Home, Winston-Salem Journal, September 17
Rinehart, Bettie. Mom-and-Pop Art, New Times, June 9, 1995, pp. 65-66
Dicker, Kiana. Larry Sultan’s Pictures From Home, Blast, May/June 1995
Vroege, Bas, & Herst, Deanna. The Autobiographie Realism in Recent Photography and Media Art, Perspektief Quarterly Photography Magazine, No. 49
Larry Sultan: The Sailor Who Fell From Grace, Blind Spot Issue #5
1994
Walters, Guy. Theories of Relativity The London Times Magazine May 21
Kelly, Jeff. Review Artforum December
Gefter Philip. Word for Word / Life Stories: Of Death, Danger, Hope and Love The New York Times August 7
Clifton, Leigh Ann. Marin Project ignites a Furor Artweek September 22
Woodward, Richard. A Jewish Family: From Brooklyn to New York ARTnews January
1994
Schultz, Suzy. Family Pictures Tell a Multitude of Stories, Chicago Sun Times, October 9
Thall, Larry. Larry Sultan’s Photos Raise an Old Question: Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Chicago Tribune, October 7
Pincus, Robert L. Portrait of the Home Folks:Poignant Family Essay,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 13
1993
Aletti, Vince. Family Viewing Village Voice July 6
Bonetti, David. Public Crisis, Private Successes San Francisco Examiner March 24
Hagen, Charles. Art in Review – Larry Sultan The New York Times July 2
Tanner, Marcia. A Hunger for Each Other’s Stories, Camerawork, vol. 20 no. 2 Fall/Winter
Collins, Michael. Pictures from Home Creative Camera London January
Moser, Charlotte. Larry Sultan, Pictures from Home Artweek Vol 23. #1
Porges, Maria. San Francisco Fax Art Issues March
Read, Michael. Family Values Review: Friends of Photography Winter
1993
Vienne, Veronique, Seen Through the Eyes of a Child
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1991
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1990
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1988
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1975
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1974
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