Born in Paris in
1933, Jeanloup Sieff began his career in 1954 after giving
up
the idea of working in cinema. After working for Elle
magazine and the
Magnum agency, he lived and worked in
New York from 1961 to 1966.
Since 1966 he lived in Paris and
became one of the world's leading fashion photographers. His
nude studies are especially sensitive and beautiful and have
been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world.
Sieff
died in 2000 at the age of 66.
"Portrait d'une dame assise, 1972" |