Today I was “reading” Vogue as usual, and I got surprised seeing that the attention was focused on some of the most important pictures taken by Patrick Demarchelier, some of these pictures were from the early 90s or even older than that, some of these pictures made the history of fashion.. and surprisedly the protagonist of all this is not a top-model but a very top-French-photographer, Demarchelier.
Looking at all those pictures I couldn’t but reckon ”Sometimes who’s hidden behind a camera, it’s a genius”
It is the eve of a new Paris show of the work of Patrick Demarchelier, and in this occasion models, photographers, and other famous people decided to talk about this GREAT MAN.
Claudia Schiffer calls him “..such a charmer”, Vogue fashion director Anna Harvey calls him ” ..lovable middle-aged bear”, Scarlett Johansson thinks he’s “..the quintessential French gentleman”.
Certainly he’s the man who could describe an era by immortalizing its most important moments with his camera.
Born in Le Havre, Demarchelier has lived in New York City since 1975. Since the late 1970’s he has shot the covers for nearly every major fashion magazine including American, British and Paris Vogue.
He has also shot covers for Rolling Stone, Glamour, Life, Elle and Mademoiselle. He has photographed many advertising campaigns, like, Lauren by Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein , Giorgio Armani, Chanel, GAP, Gianni Versace, L’Oréal, Elizabeth Arden, Revlon, Lancôme, Gianfranco Ferrè.
He’s the guy who called “Bébé” some of the most famous models like Christy Turlington, Naomi Cambell, Cindy Crawford.. He’s the man who could make Princess Diana have a laugh and take sublime pictures of it. It seems that this French guy really understood what we women are all about!
Vogue calls him St’Patrick, surely he must be a saint, having had the most attractive women in the planet posing naked in front of him, and still managing to have an attention for his work almost of a maniacal perfection. He’s a precious artist & an “ésprit libre” .
For his divine work and for the future art he will share with the world, we will all remain devote to Patrick Demarchelier.
2 Comments
October 13, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I really loved how you introduced this fantastic artist, and how you described him with the words of whom has met him for real, and worked with..
Sometimes seems that the opinions of these people are conected with your own will..I was wondering if it was your choice to write this article in that way, because you wanted to create it with more sensations..or it is that you are a sensitive girl and also very proud of him?
I beg you pardon for my english,
Kisses, Anton
March 1, 2009 at 8:01 am
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