Michel Comte

A trained art restorer and selftaughtphotographer, Michel Comtesprung to prominence in 1979 withhis first advertising commission forKarl Lagerfeldas fashion labelChloA(c). One of the top names infashion and magazine photography, his work has appeared in VanityFair and Vogue. His subjects fromthe rea [...]
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A trained art restorer and selftaughtphotographer, Michel Comtesprung to prominence in 1979 withhis first advertising commission forKarl Lagerfeldas fashion labelChloA(c). One of the top names infashion and magazine photography, his work has appeared in VanityFair and Vogue. His subjects fromthe realms of art, music and entertainmentinclude Sharon Stone, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore, MikeTyson, and Carla Bruni. With aselection of Comteas most iconicimages as well as some previouslyunpublished photographs, this massivevolume spans his entire three-decadecareer. Chapters cover portraits, fashion and advertisingspreads, nudes, candid paparazzishots, as well as a series of photographstaken in Comteas favoritehotel room in the Paris Ritz! Thisversatile maestro has also focusedhis talents on documentary projectsin Tibet, Afghanistan, Haiti, Cuba, and Bos