Jeanloup Sieff
Jeanloup Sieff (born November 30, 1933 in Paris , † September 20, 2000 there ) was a French photographer .
Life
Sieff was born to parents from Poland. He began as a freelance photographer for Elle magazine in 1954 , worked as a photojournalist from 1955 and as a fashion photographer from 1956. In 1958 and 1959 he took photos for Magnum Photos for a short time and went to New York . From 1966 he lived in Paris. He worked for Vogue magazines , Harper's Bazaar , Paris Match and others.
The experienced photographer notices the skillful post-processing in almost all of his pictures. His reportage photos and his landscape photos show that he was also at home in other photographic fields.
On June 30, 2010, the auction house Christie’s auctioned portrait, landscape and reportage photos by Sieff from the fund of the German collector Gert Elfering and achieved total proceeds of 416,300 euros. The most famous shot was a nude portrait of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent from 1971, which was sold for around 40,000 euros.
Awards
- 1992: Grand prix national de la photography
- 1992: Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Works
- Les indiscrètes. Unpublished photographs. Steidl , Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86521-460-7
- 40 years of photography. Taschen , Cologne 1996, 2005, ISBN 978-3-8365-1723-2 (photographs, encounters and memories from 40 years)
- Danza. Motta Fotografia, Milan 1996, ISBN 88-7179-109-6 ; American edition: ISBN 1-56098-862-2 (illustrated book about dancers)
- Tribute to ninety-three butts selected for their plastic, intellectual or moral qualities. Art Stock, Kehl 1994, ISBN 3-89507-226-5 .
literature
- Barbara Rix-Sieff and Ira Stehmann (eds.): Sieff Fashion , Prestel Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7913-4675-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jeanloup Sieff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of Jeanloup Sieff
Individual evidence
- ^ "Nude photo of Carla Bruni. 91,000 dollars for the naked Carla ” , Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 10, 2008
- ↑ APA : "Christie's: Big proceeds with portraits of Liz Taylor and Yves Saint Laurent" , Der Standard , July 1, 2010
- ^ "Auction: Naked Yves Saint Laurent achieves record price" ( Memento of July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Financial Times Deutschland , July 1, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sieff, Jeanloup |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 2000 |
| Place of death | Paris |