French photographer Patrick Demarcelier known for creating images of celebrities with a touch haute couturedied at the age of 78, according to a post on his Instagram account.
The Black and white portraits of celebrities, like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Moss, remained benchmarks for many decades after their receipt. But Patrick Demarcelier’s most famous photographs were those of Princess Diana, whom he first photographed in 1989. He was the first non-British photographer to be asked to photograph the UK royal family.
He also helped defining the appearance of Harper’s Bazaar in the 1990s under the legendary editor Liz Tilbury. The photo of supermodel Linda Evangelista for the September 1992 issue, “Enter the Era of Elegance”, remains one of the most impressive and memorable covers in history of magazines.
Born in 1943 near Paris and raised in Le Havre, Normandy, Demarcelier began working as a teenager in photography. By 1975, when he was in his early 30s, he had moved to New York and started photographing for magazine covers and advertising campaigns, with clients from the Gap and Chanel brands Dior. Although he was French, Demarcelier worked mainly in America for American magazines.
In 2018, as the world of fashion was confronted with a history of sexual harassment and abuse of power, Patrick Demarcelier was the subject of an article in The Boston Globe in which many models complained of sexual assault. He denied the allegations, but his relationship with Condé Nast ended.
His son, Victor Demarcelier, is also a photographer.
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