Photographer Robert Polidori is inspired by the interior environments of everyday life. He is acclaimed for his contemporary style and is known for his visually stunning large-scale color photography. Each image captures the rich details of a place where people have lived, worked, played and loved.
Polidori was born in Montréal, Canada, and moved to the United States as a child. Early in his career, he was an assistant to the celebrated avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas at Anthology Film Archives in New York. This experience shaped his perspectives on photography, particularly the relationship between still images and time. Today, his photographs are a mediation on how architecture conveys history and memory.
Polidori lived in Paris in the early 1980s. While there, he documented the interior restoration of the Palace of Versailles and has returned to photograph its ongoing changes ever since. Polidori also documented the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the deteriorating mansions of Havana, Cuba. In 2005, he photographed the destruction of New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina and later exhibited the photos in a solo show called “After the Flood.”
Polidori’s work is in museum collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec in Montréal and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He is a two-time recipient of the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography (in 1999 and 2000) and was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for photography in 2020. Polidori’s photographs have been the subject of numerous books released by the German publisher Steidl.
In 2015, Polidori moved to Ojai, California, where he continues to live and work. His recent photograph collection, Dendritic Cities, focuses on the urban growth of cities like Mumbai, Amman and Rio de Janeiro.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Robert Polidori’s photography.
Salle de XVIIIeme #6, Chateau de Versailles
By Robert Polidori
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Polidori (b. 1951) is world-renowned for his photographs of human habitats and environments. His images depict a range of sites and subjects from around the world ranging from...
C Print
Quartel General do Exercito, No. 1
By Robert Polidori
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Polidori (b. 1951) is world-renowned for his photographs of human habitats and environments. His images depict a range of sites and subjects from around the world ranging from...
C Print
Tree line
By Klaus Leidorf
Located in New York, NY
Klaus Leidorf was born on June 5th 1956 in Bonn (Germany. After a few years working as research assistant at the University of Marburg and employee at the Bavarian State Office for t...
C Print, Plexiglass
$682
H 30.32 in W 30.32 in D 1.97 in
Academic Books, Hanoi - Multi-color Asian Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Shot in Hanoi in 2016, there are so many beautiful elements to this piece. The lines, the tone and the abstract nature of the books allowing you to make it your own bookcase. This a...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$500
H 14.25 in W 11.25 in D 0.75 in
Hand Tinted Vintage Photograph - "A Few Days Before Sally Moved in With Leonard"
Located in Soquel, CA
"A Few Days Before Sally Moved in With Leonard" - Hand Tinted Vintage Photograph Sensitive hand-tinted photograph by Santa Cruz-based artist Sa...
Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Silver Gelatin
$689
H 25.01 in W 25.01 in D 0.04 in
Fish and Chips Van Square, Haddenham - English Vintage Countryside Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
A classic British fish & chips van, on a classic English day Haddenham Steam Rally Country Fair, photograph by Richard Heeps. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss phot...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$380
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #9503 Not mounted....
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Loivng You II (Till Death do us Part)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Loving You II (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x38cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Ar...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$3,500
H 30 in W 37.5 in
Randal Ford - Black Arabian Horse No. 3, Photography 2024, Printed After
By Randal Ford
Located in Stamford, CT
"S stands for Suzie, but on this day, it also stood for skittish. While it’s common for horses to be a bit jumpy, we knew this black beauty was high energy and extra prone to excitem...
Archival Paper, C Print
$380
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Untitled (29 Palms, CA) - analog, Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory N...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$24,000
H 81.5 in W 60.63 in D 0.12 in
Gestures - 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait, Contemporary, Self Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Gestures (Stranger than Paradise) Edition 1/5. 12 pieces, 48x46 cm each, installed: 207x155 cm. 12 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, mounted on Aluminum with matte UV...
Metal
$689
H 27.56 in W 40.16 in D 0.04 in
Tape Collection, AILA Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
By Heidler & Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
AILA Blue, from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection - The B Sides. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal pas...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,864
H 30.01 in W 30.01 in
Study XVII by Luca Marziale - Landscape photography, Yellowstone Park, framed
By Luca Marziale
Located in Paris, FR
Study XVII is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Luca Marziale. This photograph is a limited edition of 10 copies, it is sold framed with a black frame. Dimensions...
C Print
$30,000
H 40.95 in W 166.93 in D 0.04 in
Bells Ringing (Sidewinder) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bells Ringing (Sidewinder), 2005 - Edition 2/5, 104x424cm (installed), each piece 48x46cm, 16 analog C-Prints, based on 16 expired Polaroids, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
L'ORANGERIE VERSAILLES, Garden
By Robert Polidori
Located in New York, NY
A rare and alluring photograph by well know Polidori - desirable for his architectural images. Photograph was framed by a master framer so it is impressively presented in a frame t...
C Print
Sold
H 55 in W 45 in
Cabinet Interieur de Mme Adelaide #2, Corps Central - RdC, Versailles, France
By Robert Polidori
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Versailles series, 1985-present
Pigment
Palm Court Inn, Highway 111
By Robert Polidori
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A color, photographic, chromogenic print depicting a night image of the low slung roof line of a 1960's style motel in Palm Springs, California, the inn lit up against a violet deser...
Color, Photographic Paper
Questel Staircase, Chateau de Versailles
By Robert Polidori
Located in Vienna, AT
Robert Polidori is a master of spatial aesthetics. His images seem quiet, yet an extraordinary power resides within them. Polidori is able to tell the story of mankind through archit...
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H 40.16 in W 50.01 in
Reserve de sculpture, Petites Ecuries R.d.C, Chateau de Versailles
By Robert Polidori
Located in Vienna, AT
Robert Polidori is a master of spatial aesthetics. His images seem quiet, yet an extraordinary power resides within them. Polidori is able to tell the story of mankind through archit...