Alvin Booth

Alvin Booth was born in Hull, an industrial city in the Northeast of England. He left school at the age of seventeen and trained to become a hairdresser. After working in Hull he later moved to Oxford where his interest in photography grew. In 1989 he gave up hairdressing and moved to New York City. He divides his time between New York and the southwest of France.

More recently Booth completed a film commission, «Le Beau Est Toujours Bizarre», for the Princess Grace Foundation. He is looking forward to the publication of his third book Triptych in the Fall of 2009.

Alvin Booth is represented by the following galleries.

Paris: Acte2 Galerie
London: Hamiltons Gallery
Antwerp: Fifty One Fine Art Photography
Los Angeles: Fahey/Klein Gallery

Expositions /

2009 Acte 2, Paris, France*
Aarhus Film Festival, Denmark
Fifity-one Fine Art - Antwerp
ADF Dancing for the Camera: International Festival
of Film and Video, Durham, USA

2008 Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
Etherton Gallery, Tuscon, Arizona*
Galerie Forster, Berlin, Germany *
OMC Gallerie, California

2007 In Focus Gallerie Cologne, Germany*
Etherton Gallery, Tuscon, Arizona
OMC Gallerie, California


2006 Acte2 Galerie Paris, France*
Galerie Le Confort Des Etranges Toulouse, France*

2005 Galerie Mainberg Mainberg, Germany*
Kamera und Fotmuseum Leipzig, Germany
Fahey/Klein Gallery Los Angeles, USA*
In Focus Gallerie Cologne, Germany
Lincoln Center Dance on Camera Festival New York, USA
Dance Camera West International Festival in Los Angeles, USA

2004 Leica Gallery New York, USA
Aero Plastics Brussels, Belgium
Stadtische Museum of Heilbronn, Germany
Arte Fino Zurich, Switzerland
Stamford Art Gallery Stamford, Connecticut USA
OMC Gallerie Dusseldorf, Germany
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York, USA
Jackson Fine Art Atlanta, Georgia USA*

2003 De Beyerd Contemporary Art Museum Breda, Holland
OMC Gallerie Dusseldorf, Germany*
Arte Fino Zurich, Switzerland*
Fifty One Fine Art Photography Antwerp, Belgium*

2002 Prague House of Photography Czech Republic*
Kamera und Fotomuseum Leipzig, Germany


2001 In Focus Gallerie Cologne, Germany*
Fahey/Klein Gallery Los Angeles, USA
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York, USA2000 Jackson Fine Art Atlanta, Georgia USA*
Robert Klein Gallery Boston, USA
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York, USA
The Museum of the City of New York, USA
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
(Corset 2000) New York, USA1999 Yancey Richardson Gallery New York, USA*
Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago, USA*
Fahey/Klein Gallery Los Angeles, USA*
Robert Klein Gallery Boston, USA*

1997 Hamiltons London, England
Jackson Fine Art Atlanta, Georgia USA
Sarah Morthland Gallery New York, USA
Throckmorton Fine Art New York, USA
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York, USA
Galleria Carla Sozzani Milan, Italy

1996 Hamiltons London, England
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York, USA*
1995 Hamiltons London, England


* ( Solo Show)Publications:
2009 - 'Triptych' - Edition Gallerie Vevais ISBN 978-3-936-165-51-7
2009 - Le Beau est toujours Bizarre - (collection of short films)
2006 - Osmosis - Edition Gallerie Vevais ISBN 3-936-165-46-7
2006- Film Booth - (collection of short films)- Edition Gallerie Vevais ISBN 3-936-165-45-9
1999 - Corpus - Edition Stemmle ISBN 3-908-161-94-0