Artist Monograph

Gilles Peress, French

French, born 1946

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	35	57.4%
Drawing	26	42.6%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	1.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	30	53.6%
Large (1–3 m)	25	44.6%

Range: 24.0 cm → 149.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1980	4
1993	6
1994	1
2001	1
2007	23
2011	14
2014	12

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 61 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Funeral, Derry Photograph Acc. 333.1993	1971	Gelatin silver print	30 × 40" (76.3 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
The British Army during a Lull in the Rioting in the Creggan, after Internment, Derry Photograph Acc. 331.1993	1971	Gelatin silver print	15 15/16 × 19 7/8" (40.5 × 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
The British Army during a Lull in the Rioting in the Creggan, after Internment, Derry Photograph Acc. 453.2011	1971	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 3/16 × 36" (61.4 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
B Specials Parading at the Formation of the Vanguard Party, Ormeau Park, Belfast Photograph Acc. 454.2011	1972	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 1/8 × 36" (61.3 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Belfast City Center, Belfast Photograph Acc. 455.2011	1972	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 1/8 × 36" (61.3 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Bloody Sunday, Derry Photograph Acc. 1224.2013	1972	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Bloody Sunday, Derry Photograph Acc. 1225.2013	1972	Inkjet print, printed 2011	36 1/4 × 24 1/8" (92 × 61.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Falls Road, Belfast Photograph Acc. 332.1993	1972	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1989	23 3/4 × 35 1/4" (60.3 × 89.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Lower Falls, Belfast Photograph Acc. 334.1993	1972	Gelatin silver print	18 7/8 × 12 3/8" (48 × 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Protest Against the Army Interdiction of Free Exchange of People and Goods along the Border of Ulster and the Irish Repubilc, Ulster Photograph Acc. 1226.2013	1972	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Traveller's Children, Belfast Photograph Acc. 335.1993	1972	Gelatin silver print	22 7/16 × 35" (57 × 89 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
William Street, Derry Photograph Acc. 456.2011	1972	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 3/16 × 36" (61.4 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Loyalist Side of Roden Street, Belfast Photograph Acc. 457.2011	1974	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 1/8 × 36" (61.2 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Mother and Daughter, Roden Street, Belfast Photograph Acc. 458.2011	1974	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 1/8 × 36" (61.3 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Protestant Community Festival, Sandy Row Photograph Acc. 1228.2013	1974	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36" (61.2 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Riot in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday, the bottom of Falls Road, Belfast Photograph Acc. 1227.2013	1974	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Ex-Savak Agent, Tehran Photograph Acc. 526.1980	1980	Gelatin silver print	8 1/16 × 12" (20.5 × 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Heroin Smokers, Teheran Photograph Acc. 524.1980	1980	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 15/16" (20.1 × 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Tabriz – Followers of Ayatollah Shariot Madari Photograph Acc. 523.1980	1980	Gelatin silver print	8 1/16 × 12" (20.5 × 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Tabriz, Azerbaijan Photograph Acc. 525.1980	1980	Gelatin silver print	7 15/16 × 12" (20.2 × 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ardoyne, Belfast Photograph Acc. 459.2011	1981	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 3/16 × 36" (61.4 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Burning Lundy in Effigy, Derry Photograph Acc. 460.2011	1981	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 1/8 × 36" (61.3 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Cambrai Street, Eleventh Night, Belfast Photograph Acc. 461.2011	1981	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 1/8 × 36" (61.3 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
First Snow, Ardoyne Photograph Acc. 1232.2013	1981	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Milltown Cemetary, Burial of Bobby Sands Photograph Acc. 1229.2013	1981	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Morning of Bobby Sands' Death, Ballymurphy, Belfast Photograph Acc. 2073.2001	May 5, 1981	Gelatin silver print, printed 1996	7 1/2 × 9 7/16" (19 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The New York Times Collection
Morning of Bobby Sands' Death, Ballymurphy, Belfast Photograph Acc. 462.2011	May 5, 1981	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 3/16 × 36" (61.4 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Nap at the Field on the 12th of July Photograph Acc. 463.2011	1981	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 3/16 × 36" (61.4 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Riot during the Hunger Strike, bottom of Williams Street, Derry Photograph Acc. 1230.2013	1981	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Shankill Road, Belfast Photograph Acc. 1231.2013	1981	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
The Apprentice Boys, Derry Photograph Acc. 464.2011	1981	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 3/16 × 36" (61.4 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Horse Show, Dromore, Country Down Photograph Acc. 1234.2013	1984	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Police Attack a Peaceful Protest Commemmorating the 1971 Internment, Killing Sean Downes with a Plastic Bullet, Andersonstown Photograph Acc. 1233.2013	1984	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 1/8 × 36 1/4" (61.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Wedding, Andersonstown, Belfast Photograph Acc. 465.2011	1985	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 3/16 × 36" (61.5 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Flute Players by the Side of the River Boyne, Finaghy Photograph Acc. 466.2011	1986	Inkjet print, printed c. 2009	24 3/16 × 36" (61.4 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan Paulsen MacGill
Aftermath of a Riot, Falls Road, Belfast Photograph Acc. 1235.2013	1988	Inkjet print, printed 2011	24 × 58 3/4" (60.9 × 149.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Falls Unemployment Agency, Falls Road Photograph Acc. 46.1994	1988	Gelatin silver print	23 7/8 × 36" (60.7 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 336.1993	1988	Gelatin silver print	23 9/16 × 36" (59.8 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
The Silence Photograph Acc. 45.2007.1-22	1994	22 gelatin silver prints	each 36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.22	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.16	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.1	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.2	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.3	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.4	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.5	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.6	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.7	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.8	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.9	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.10	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.11	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.12	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.13	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.14	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.15	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.19	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.17	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.20	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled Photograph Acc. 45.2007.18	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Untitled, (text from United Nations report, page 29-30) Photograph Acc. 45.2007.21	1994	Gelatin silver print	36 × 55" (91.4 × 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill