To mark the release of the book “Patrick Demarchelier – Works 1970 – 2020”, pub­lished by Rizzoli, A.Galerie has decided to devote a major exhi­bi­tion to one of the most influ­en­tial fash­ion pho­tog­ra­phers of recent decades.

A major fig­ure in fash­ion pho­tog­ra­phy, Patrick Demarchelier has estab­lished a style that is instantly rec­og­niz­able: nat­ural light, unpre­ten­tious ele­gance, and sub­tle sen­su­al­ity. His approach favors spon­tane­ity and flu­id­ity over spec­tac­u­lar stag­ing. In his work, mod­els do not pose: they breathe, they live, they embody. His gaze reveals a beauty that is both acces­si­ble and iconic, cap­tured with gen­tle­ness and precision.

The exhi­bi­tion brings together a selec­tion of iconic por­traits of the great­est super­mod­els of the 1990s, includ­ing Christy Turlington, Laetitia Casta, Gisele Bündchen, Nadja Auermann, and many other major fig­ures from the golden age of fash­ion and cin­ema. Through these images, which have become world-​famous, Demarchelier cap­tures the essence of a gen­er­a­tion that rede­fined the codes of con­tem­po­rary glam­our. His gaze favors the mod­el’s pres­ence over arti­fice, giv­ing these por­traits a sense of timelessness.

Whether it was the biggest fash­ion houses (Calvin Klein, Dior, Chanel, or Yves Saint Laurent) or the most famous fash­ion mag­a­zines (Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair), they all called on him for his mod­ern vision of glam­our: “Photography should remain sim­ple. The light, the moment, the per­son — that’s all.”