Popphoto.com has posted a conversation with French photographer Bettina Rheims, who offers a behind-the-scenes look at a recent photo shoot. Here is an excerpt.… The images in the new project, with titles like "Dream," "Pride," "Desire," "Femininity, "Magnificence," and "Thirst," touch on themes that Rheims has focused on throughout her career. A former model, journalist, and art dealer, she turned to photography in 1980 with a breakthrough series on strip-tease dancers and acrobats. Her first book, "Female Trouble," a collection of portraits and nudes of actresses and models, was published in 1989. That was followed by "Modern Lovers," a series of portraits of androgynous teenagers, and in 1992 with her acclaimed book "Chambre Close," in which she turned to color to create a fictional erotic tale featuring women in hotel rooms…
Read the entire interview and view an image gallery on popphoto.com.
Image provided by popphoto.com and © Bettina Rheims
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