Robert Polidori

(Canadian, born 1951)

Robert Polidori is a Canadian photographer known for his work documenting architectural spaces and their surrounding environments. Born on February 10, 1951 in Montreal, Canada, his family moved to New York in the late 1960s where he became an assistant to the filmmaker Jonas Mekas at the Anthology Film Archives, who organized Polidori’s first solo exhibition. While living in Paris in the early 1980s, he began documenting the restoration of Versailles, capturing the palace in a rare moment of disarray and emptiness. He has since photographed the interiors of buildings in the aftermath of disasters or under the siege of poverty, such as the inside of a Chernobyl school and the facades of shantytowns—what he calls “dendritic cities”—on the outskirts of places such as Mumbai, Rio, and Amman. Polidori’s photographs of the aftermath of destruction from Hurricane Katrina was the subject of a major retrospective the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 2006, and in 2012 the photographer held a joint exhibition with his mentor Jonas Mekas at Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York.

Robert Polidori Artworks

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Ambassador Hotel swimming pool, Los Angeles, , 2005

Robert Polidori

Ambassador Hotel swimming pool, Los Angeles, , 2005

Sale Date: October 7, 2009

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La Escuela modela 102 Calle 19, Vedado, Havana, 1997

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La Escuela modela 102 Calle 19, Vedado, Havana, 1997

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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6328 North Miro Street, New Orleans, March,..., 2006

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6328 North Miro Street, New Orleans, March,..., 2006

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Ancien vestibule de l'appartement de Madame..., 1985

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Ancien vestibule de l'appartement de Madame..., 1985

Sale Date: March 31, 2009

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Death of Marat, Rez-de-Chaussée, Château de..., 1985

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Death of Marat, Rez-de-Chaussée, Château de..., 1985

Sale Date: March 31, 2009

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Señora faxas bedroom

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Señora faxas bedroom

Sale Date: November 27, 2008

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Sala Alejo Carpentier Gran Teatro de la..., 2000

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Sala Alejo Carpentier Gran Teatro de la..., 2000

Sale Date: November 19, 2008

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Ancien vestibule de l'apppartment de Mme...., 1985

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Ancien vestibule de l'apppartment de Mme...., 1985

Sale Date: October 17, 2008

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Galerie Basse, Château de Versailles, 1985

Robert Polidori

Galerie Basse, Château de Versailles, 1985

Sale Date: October 16, 2008

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Vintage car with composite parts, Havana, 1997

Robert Polidori

Vintage car with composite parts, Havana, 1997

Sale Date: October 16, 2008

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Tate modern, London, England, 2001

Robert Polidori

Tate modern, London, England, 2001

Sale Date: October 13, 2008

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Death of Marat, Rez-de-Chaussée, Château de..., 1985

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Death of Marat, Rez-de-Chaussée, Château de..., 1985

Sale Date: October 13, 2008

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Senora Faxas bedroom, 1997

Robert Polidori

Senora Faxas bedroom, 1997

Sale Date: May 17, 2008

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Interior, Tate Modern, London, England, 2001

Robert Polidori

Interior, Tate Modern, London, England, 2001

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Self-portrait of the king's portraitist, the , 1985

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Self-portrait of the king's portraitist, the , 1985

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Château de Versailles, 1985

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Château de Versailles, 1985

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Doorway, Samir Geagea headquaters, Beirut,..., 1996

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Doorway, Samir Geagea headquaters, Beirut,..., 1996

Sale Date: November 20, 2007

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TWA Terminal no.2, John F. Kennedy Airport,..., 2000

Robert Polidori

TWA Terminal no.2, John F. Kennedy Airport,..., 2000

Sale Date: November 13, 2007

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406 Empedrado, courtyard, Havana Vieja, 1997

Robert Polidori

406 Empedrado, courtyard, Havana Vieja, 1997

Sale Date: October 17, 2007

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Attique du Midi, salle Napoleonienne no. 1,..., 1985

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Attique du Midi, salle Napoleonienne no. 1,..., 1985

Sale Date: October 18, 2007

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Gallery of battles, Chateau de Versailles, 1985

Robert Polidori

Gallery of battles, Chateau de Versailles, 1985

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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Sans titre, 1984

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Sans titre, 1984

Sale Date: May 30, 2007

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Cadre Vide, Chateau de Versailles, 1985

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Cadre Vide, Chateau de Versailles, 1985

Sale Date: May 31, 2007

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Grand Central, 1998

Robert Polidori

Grand Central, 1998

Sale Date: April 24, 2007

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