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Following a highly successful presentation at the AIPAD art fair in New York, we were thrilled by the exceptionally strong response to Michael Wolf’s “Paris Rooftops Box Set”. Having established himself through his distinctive visual language in Hong Kong, Wolf later set up his second home in Paris. Confronted with Haussmannian order and the weight of the city’s photographic tradition, he sought a new vantage point. The result was “Paris Rooftops”: a pivotal body of work revealing a hidden, geometric poetry above the boulevards. Following in the tradition of Atget, whom Berenice Abbott described as weaving a “tapestry of French civilization”, Michael uncovered an abstract vocabulary of zinc roofs, chimneys and stone walls. Compressed into painterly layers, these compositions recall Fernand Léger’s Les Toits de Paris and Morandi’s still lifes, transforming functional structures into lyrical forms. Contact us for more information while these portfolios are still available. Michael Wolf Paris Rooftops Box Set (4, 3, 8, 11, 1, and 2 pictured) 2014/2025 12 Pigment Prints on Hahnemühle PhotoRag Bright White Edition of 12 + 3 APs Signed and stamped verso Each 15 1/16 x 21 1/16 in. image on 16 9/16 x 22 5/8 in. sheet Housed in a custom grey-linen box

In Conversation: Edward Burtynsky. Join us today, Saturday, April 25, at 2 PM at Booth B6 in the Park Avenue Armory, NYC, for The Photography Fair presented by AIPAD. The artist will discuss his ongoing work documenting humanity’s impact on the landscape. #aipadphotographyshow

Visit us at the Photography Show 2026, presented by AIPAD. We are at booth B6 featuring Matt Black, Edward Burtynsky, Henri Cartier-Bresson, František Drtikol, Robert Frank, Jaromír Funke, György Kepes, Károly Kismányoky, Helen Levitt, Mimi Plumb, Man Ray, Charles Marville, Jaroslav Rössler, Carleton E. Watkins, Michael Wolf, and others. Gallery artist Edward Burtynsky will also be in conversation at our booth on Saturday, April 25th, from 2-3pm. We look forward to seeing you.  The Photograhy Show Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue Through April 26th

2026 Exhibitor・Robert Koch Gallery [@robertkochgallery ] Established in 1979 in San Francisco, Robert Koch Gallery is a renowned venue specializing in fine art photography, spanning 19th-century, modern, and contemporary works. This year, the gallery brings an exciting selection of works by Matt Black, Edward Burtynsky, Henri Cartier-Bresson, František Drtikol, Robert Frank, Jaromír Funke, György Kepes, Károly Kismányoky, Helen Levitt, Man Ray, Charles Marville, Mimi Plumb, Jaroslav Rössler, Carleton E. Watkins, and Michael Wolf. ─ Rock of Ages #15, Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, VT, 1992 Shipbreaking #13, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000 © Edward Burtynsky, Courtesy of Robert Koch Gallery #ThePhotographyShow2026 #AIPAD

The Robert Koch Gallery is pleased to share news of the first museum survey dedicated to gallery artist Mimi Plumb’s work, “Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb”. With more than one hundred photographs created between 1972 and 2025, it is currently on view at the High Museum of Art through May 10th. The exhibition will then travel to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago. Spanning five decades of Plumb’s work, the photographs in the exhibition are largely made in California and across the American West. Her images explore how people inhabit and are shaped by changing landscapes, both social and environmental, offering a quiet but perceptive view of the region over time. #mimiplumb #highmuseum

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Water as subject, force, and witness 🌀 “Debra Bloomfield: Changing Seas,” richly detailed and expansive photographs exploring the North Atlantic coastline, now on view at @robertkochgallery . On view through February 28. _ Changing Seas #002837-23, Hurricane, 2023 Changing Seas #003468-25, Woods Hole, MA, 2025 © Debra Bloomfield, Courtesy of Robert Koch Gallery

Join us this Saturday, January 17, from 12 to 3 pm for a reception with the artist Debra Bloomfield for “Changing Seas”, a series of richly detailed and expansive photographs exploring the North Atlantic coastline. On view January 15 through February 28, 2026 at the Robert Koch Gallery. Water covers more than seventy percent of the Earth’s surface and makes up a good proportion of our own bodies. It shapes climate, sustains life, and has always drawn humans in with its openness and mystery. Bloomfield’s images capture the ocean’s raw power and quiet presence, beginning with a moment of recognition when the landscape reveals something new to her. In 2015, while teaching at the San Francisco Art Institute, Bloomfield developed the course Environmental Landscape Photography to explore how human actions reshape the earth and, in turn, ourselves. Later in her career, while working on her "Wilderness" series, she studied the work of environmental writers such as Rachel Carson, Margaret and Adolph Murie, Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, and Edward Abbey, which provided inspiration for the direction of her work going forward. "Changing Seas" continues Bloomfield’s deep interest and exploration of the environmental landscape. #debrabloomfield #seascapes #rachelcarlson

The Yamamoto Masao exhibition is now on view through January 31st. Join us tonight for the opening reception from 5:30-7:30. #yamamotomasao #japanesephotography #magical

Join us for the opening reception of Japanese photographer Yamamoto Masao tomorrow, December 4th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, featuring selections from his series A Box of Ku, Nakazora, Kawa=Flow, Bonsai, and Tomasu. Yamamoto’s pictures are grounded in Zen philosophy, seeking beauty in everyday life and in the moments we often overlook. His practice centers on the belief that meditation and careful observation reveal the extraordinary within the ordinary. Working in small format toned silver gelatin prints, Yamamoto photographs the natural world around him: landscapes, plants, animals, and the subtle details of rural Japan and beyond. What appears subtle at first glance, conceals an otherworldly magic in Yamamoto’s image making that compels a deeper look. Some of his photographs are hand colored or deliberately weathered through controlled creasing and surface treatments, a process that evokes the passage of time and personal intimacy. Animals appear throughout Yamamoto’s work with a subtle presence, sometimes meeting the viewer’s gaze. They inhabit his photographs as more than anthropomorphic subjects, bridging the physical and the spiritual while adding a surreal dimension to the intimate worlds he creates and offering reverence for the natural world we inhabit. Born in Gamagori City in 1957, Yamamoto currently resides in Yamanashi, Japan His photographs and installations have been exhibited at numerous international institutions, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the George Eastman House, Rochester; the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris; the Galerie de Moderne, Munich; the Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Rome; and the Galeria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna. Yamamoto’s photographs are included in the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the International Center of Photography, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Sir Elton John Collection, among others.

The Robert Koch Gallery is pleased to announce that gallery artist Matt Black has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, recipient of the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, widely known as the “genius grant.” The award recognizes his extraordinary body of work chronicling America’s social and environmental dilemmas. The Fellowship honors accomplished individuals who have demonstrated exceptional originality and dedication in their creative pursuits, with the potential for continued outstanding self-directed work. Recipients are selected through an anonymous nomination and review process by leaders in their respective fields. Matt Black’s photography is distinguished by its profound depth, singular vision, and unwavering commitment to socially and ecologically urgent subject matter. His deeply rooted, cohesive projects address complex issues with empathy and clarity, making him not only a remarkable artist and image-maker but also an essential voice in the ongoing dialogue around environmental and social justice. It has been the gallery’s privilege to represent Matt Black and share his work with wider audiences through exhibitions and art fairs. His photography, both timely and timeless, possesses the same resonance and moral urgency as that of the great social documentary photographers of the Depression era, while remaining wholly contemporary and uniquely his own. Read more on news section of our website, link in bio. #mattblack #macfellow

Join us for the Opening Reception of EDWARD BURTYNSKY: TRANSFORMATION this Saturday, September 13, from 2 to 4 pm at Robert Koch Gallery, 49 Geary Street, 5th Floor. Robert Koch Gallery is pleased to announce Edward Burtynsky: Transformation, on view Sept. 13 - Nov. 29, 2025, featuring monumental color photographs that examine landscapes altered by resource extraction, manufacturing, rapid development, and the ecological changes that follow. These works continue Burtynsky’s ongoing exploration of how human intervention has reshaped natural environments worldwide, revealing both their vulnerability and magnificence.The exhibition embodies Burtynsky’s decades-long pursuit of capturing the profound and often permanent changes human industry brings to the earth’s surface. Edward Burtynsky: Transformation opens concurrent to The Great Acceleration, Burtynsky’s exhibition at the International Center of Photography in New York, presently on view through September 28, 2025. Timed to coincide with Climate Week NYC in September 2025, this landmark presentation, curated by David Campany, marks Burtynsky’s first major institutional exhibition in New York City in over twenty years. It is accompanied by a monograph by the ICP / Steidl. Each project remains intrinsically linked, showing how local environmental changes reflect broader global patterns, documenting the visible effects on the land brought on by demographic expansion, water consumption, carbon emissions, and mineral extraction. “At such a critical moment in time, I hope this work sparks meaningful dialogue about our relationship with the planet and brings more people to this awareness,” reflects Burtynsky on his mission to document our changing world. #edwardburtynsky #canadianart #environmentalimpact #landscapephotography