Artcurial to auction 33 iconic prints by Francis GiacobettiJuly 22, 2017 - 13:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Francis Giacobetti is undoubtedly one of France’s greatest living photographers. With his lens, he has captured the world’s most beautiful women, the greatest stars, was friends with artists of renown, including César and Francis Bacon. For a great many people, he is also known as the man behind the movie Emmanuelle’s poster photography. In October 2017, Artcurial, Éditions Assouline and Editions First join together to celebrate this photographic giant with an art book gathering together his most beautiful photos, published at First, in which the artist recalls the encounters marking his life, sharing his artistic vision; the auction of 33 iconic prints offering a complete perspective of Francis Giacobetti’s career, from the invention of the glamour shot for Lui magazine to the series commissioned by Issey Miyake, Art Daily said. Inventor of most of the iconic vocabulary of the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s, Francis Giacobetti created the most evocative images of an entire generation. Frédéric Beigbeder, a fan of the Master, will pen the foreword of the catalogue of the 17th October auction. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |