Monday, July 09, 2007

French Photographer Bettina Rheims Interview And Gallery

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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