Paolo Roversi

Upcoming
September – October, 2025
New York

Over his 55-year career, fashion photographer Paolo Roversi has worked with the most influential people in the field—models Kate Moss, Guinevere van Seenus, Naomi Campbell, and Natalia Vodianova; designers Comme des Garçons, Christian Dior, Rei Kawakubo, Yves Saint-Laurent, and Valentino; and publications such as W Magazine, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Interview, to name a few.

Opening during New York Fashion Week in September, Roversi’s upcoming exhibition at Pace in New York will feature iconic images taken over his decades long career, highlighting the relationship between the artist and his many collaborators.

Portrait of Paolo Roversi — © Paolo Roversi

About the Artist

Paolo Roversi’s passion for photography emerged on a 1964 family holiday in Spain, prompting his construction of a basement darkroom upon his return home. His professional career began in 1970 with photojournalism assignments for the Associated Press. Following an invitation to Paris from ELLE Magazine’s legendary art director Peter Knapp in 1973, however, Roversi’s focus soon shifted to fashion. After a nine-month period assisting British photographer Lawrence Sackmann, whom he credits as an influential teacher, Roversi started shooting independently with small commissions for ELLE and Depeche Mode, gaining wider recognition with a Dior beauty campaign in 1980, and ultimately forging his reputation as one of the industry's leading photographers by the mid-1980s.

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