Patrick Demarchelier | Hearst | Trunk Archive

One of the greatest compliments Patrick Demarchelier ever received came from the legendary Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour: “Every woman looks more beautiful, and more like herself, through Demarchelier's lens.” The most important moment during a shoot, explains Demarchelier, is between relaxation and concentration, when the models often feel they are not being watched. This is when his favourite images appear, celebrations of a unique style that has made him one of the most sought after fashion photographers in the world.

Before moving from Paris to New York in 1975, Demarchelier had worked as an assistant to Henri Cartier-Bresson and had begun to shape his own style of modest elegance in magazines such as ELLE and Marie Claire. Through masterful lighting and perspective he is able to create a perfect composition between proportion and subject. To him, the view through the camera is a magical moment and photography itself a particularly physical process. Demarchelier therefore prefers to take photos by hand rather than from a tripod, and this allows him to react spontaneously to the models.

The most spectacular photos from the last forty years of his career, which include countless covers from Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, are probably his portraits of Princess Diana in 1989. It was the very first time a French photographer was commissioned by the British royal family. Though a natural, radiant icon, Diana does not appear untouchable in the images, but displays instead a stunning charm.
Christina Wendenburg

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Christina Wendenburg

Solo Exhibitions

2012	Diana Vishneva Through The Lens Of Patrick Demarchelier, House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
2009	Patrick Demarchelier – Images et Mode a Paris, Petit Palais, Paris, France
2008	Patrick Demarchelier – Photographs, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
	Patrick Demarchelier – Part 1, Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, USA
2005	Patrick Demarchelier, Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
	Patrick Demarchelier, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA
1999	Patrick Demarchelier – New Photographs, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA
1997	Patrick Demarchelier, Revelando la elegancia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexiko
1995	Patrick Demarchelier – Selected Photographs, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA

Group Exhibitions

2012	Fashion Clicks, Photographica Fine Art, Lugano, Switzerland
2011	Dance In Vogue, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
	Harper's Bazaar - A Decade of Style, ICP - International Center of Photography, New York, USA
2009	Isabelle Huppert - Woman of Many Faces, UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
	Transphotographiques, Lille, France
	Christian Dior - 60 Years of Photography, Moscow Museum of Modern Art - MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
2003	Vanity Fair, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Archeology of Elegance, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany
2002	Archeology of Elegance, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
1998	The Sound of One Hand, Apexart, New York, USA