The exhibition I’m not here by Steve Schapiro is the largest presentation of the artist’s work since his passing in 2022. It comprises around 40 works, a large number of which are being shown for the first time worldwide. At the center of the exhibition is the theme of freedom, to which Steve Schapiro felt closely connected throughout his life.

The exhibition is divided into three sections: the civil rights movement in the USA, portraits of major pop culture personalities such as Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Samuel Beckett and Barbra Streisand, as well as Steve Schapiro’s works created on famous film sets, including The godfather, Taxi driver, E.T., Back to the future and Rocky.

Camera Work Gallery represents Steve Schapiro since 2011.

Steve Schapiro’s (1934-2022) career as a photo journalist started in 1961. During the »golden age in photo journalism« he also took important photographs of Robert F. Kennedy’s election campaign and was the first photographer at the location where Martin Luther King had been assassinated. The portraits of Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, Samuel Beckett, Truman Capote, Barbra Streisand, and Jackie Kennedy have made their mark in history among Steve Schapiro’s famous works. Moreover, Steve Schapiro also worked on the film sets of more than 600 movies. His photographs have been published in numerous leading magazines and have been part of several major exhibitions in museums and galleries. Moreover, Schapiro’s photographic works are part of important privat, corporate and public collections.