MAISON EUROPEENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE TO PRESENT KARL LAGERFELD EXHIBITION

A STUNNING NEW EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHANEL CREATIVE DIRECTOR KARL LAGERFELD IS OPENING IN PARIS THIS SEPTEMBER JUST IN TIME FOR THE CITY'S FASHION WEEK. THE SHOW AT THE MAISON EUROPEENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE IN THE HISTORIC HEART OF THE CITY WILL FEATURE A MIX OF FASHION PHOTOS, PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES, ARCHITECTURAL IMAGES AND PERSONAL SHOTS, INCLUDING SEVERAL OF HIS LONGTIME MUSE, CLAUDIA SCHIFFER. LAGERFELD, WHO SHOOTS ALL OF CHANEL'S AD CAMPAIGNS HIMSELF, HAS PUBLISHED SEVERAL BOOKS OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHS, AND HAS HIS OWN ART PUBLISHING IMPRINT AND BOOK SHOP CALLED 7L. 'WHAT I ADMIRE MOST IS THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE GONE DOWN TO POSTERITY WITH A SINGLE IMAGE', THE DESIGNER TELLS LA PARISIENNE. 'AN IMAGE, I PREFER THIS WORD TO THE WORD PICTURE, WHICH WENT DOWN IN THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD . . . TODAY THE PICTURE IS PART OF MY LIFE. IT CLOSES THE CIRCLE OF MY ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES. I LOOK AT THE FASHION WORLD WITH THE EYE OF THE CAMERA. THIS GIVES MY WORK A BASIC CRITICAL DETACHMENT THAT HELPS MORE THAN I WOULD HAVE SUSPECTED.' THE EXHIBITION RUNS FROM 10.SEPTEMBER TO 15.OCTOBER.