Stanley Greene

born in 1949 in New York (United States) - dead in 2017 in Paris (France)

Stanley Greene, a former member of the revolutionary African-American group The Black Panthers, was born in New York in 1949. His interest in photography started after his encounter with W. Eugene Smith, a pioneer of photojournalism – incidentally, Greene received the prestigious grant that bears the name of his first mentor in 2004 for his work in Chechnya.> Read more

His career as a war photographer truly launched in 1989, when he immortalized the fall of the Berlin Wall with a photograph entitled Kisses to All, Berlin Wall. Two years later, he joined the French agency VU'.

When covering the attempted coup d'état against Boris Eltsine in 1993, he feared for his life while jailed in Moscow's White House. Greene then completed numerous reportages in some of the world's most dangerous regions: Kashmir, Haut-Karabakh, Lebanon, Iraq, Somalia and Rwanda. In 2005, he went to Louisiana to photograph the Katrina devastation from Houston to New Orleans.

In 2007, he contributed to the creation of the Noor agency, which seeks to follow a pure and contemporary editorial line and promote long-form photo essays. Stanley Greene has received several awards throughout his career, including the Katrina Media Fellowship, the prix International Planète Albert Kahn (PIPAK), and five World Press Photos. 

Black Passport, Central Market of Grozny, Chechnya, August 1996

Exhibitions at Polka Galerie

Exhibitions at Polka Galerie

Vies à Vif Vies à Vif Vies à Vif Vies à Vif Vies à Vif

Stanley Greene

Vies à Vif
September 16 - October 29 2022
Hidden Scars Hidden Scars Hidden Scars Hidden Scars Hidden Scars

Stanley Greene

Hidden Scars
March 22 - May 24, 2014
EST // OUEST : ICÔNES EST // OUEST : ICÔNES EST // OUEST : ICÔNES EST // OUEST : ICÔNES EST // OUEST : ICÔNES

Stanley Greene

EST // OUEST : ICÔNES
November 19, 2010 - February 19, 2011
La vie en face La vie en face La vie en face La vie en face La vie en face

Stanley Greene

La vie en face
September 10 - November 10, 2010
L'Amérique dans tous ses états L'Amérique dans tous ses états L'Amérique dans tous ses états L'Amérique dans tous ses états L'Amérique dans tous ses états

Stanley Greene

L'Amérique dans tous ses états
November 12, 2008 - February 17, 2009

Selected Publications

The Western Front The Western Front The Western Front The Western Front The Western Front

Stanley Greene

The Western Front
André Frère Editions, 2013
Black Passport Black Passport Black Passport Black Passport Black Passport

Stanley Greene

Black Passport
Schilt Publishing, 2009
Photopoche N°118 Photopoche N°118 Photopoche N°118 Photopoche N°118 Photopoche N°118

Stanley Greene

Photopoche N°118
Actes Sud, 2008
Katrina. An Unnatural Disaster, The issue # 1 Katrina. An Unnatural Disaster, The issue # 1 Katrina. An Unnatural Disaster, The issue # 1 Katrina. An Unnatural Disaster, The issue # 1 Katrina. An Unnatural Disaster, The issue # 1

Stanley Greene

Katrina. An Unnatural Disaster, The issue # 1
Mets and Schilt Publishers, 2006
Plaie à vif: Tchétchénie, 1994 - 2003 Plaie à vif: Tchétchénie, 1994 - 2003 Plaie à vif: Tchétchénie, 1994 - 2003 Plaie à vif: Tchétchénie, 1994 - 2003 Plaie à vif: Tchétchénie, 1994 - 2003

Stanley Greene

Plaie à vif: Tchétchénie, 1994 - 2003
Trolley Books, 2003
Somnambule Somnambule Somnambule Somnambule Somnambule

Stanley Greene

Somnambule
Marval, 1990

Selected Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

A life on the edge

Centre culture Una Volta, Bastia, France, 2021

Empreintes

Armenian Heritage Center of Valence, France, 2020

Furious beauty : Life and Times of Stanley Greene

Musée d’art multimédia de Moscou (MAMM), 2019

Stanley Greene, sur la route d'une guerre

Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Châlon-sur-Saône, France, 2013

Stanley Greene Sélection d'expositions Road to Ruin

Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan, France, 2008

Sur la route d'une guerre, Tchétchénie 1994 - 1996

Moca - Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, France, 2004

Russia 1991 to 2003

Centre Photographique d'Ile de France, Pontault-Combault, France, 2003

Chechnya

Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan, France, 2000