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SUMMARY:le-plongeon-st-tropez-1985 - Date de vente : 15/12/2020
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : Le Plongeon\, St Tropez\, 1985\n\nDescription\n\n
 Property sold to benefit charities supporting the Beirut Explosion\, 4th o
 f August 2020\n\nHervé Nabon\n\nb. 1943\n\nLe Plongeon\, St Tropez\, 1985
 \n\n\n\n\nChromogenic print\, flush-mounted onto aluminium. Signed\, title
 d\, dated and numbered 1/3 in blue pen on a gallery label affixed to the b
 ack of the frame. Framed.\n\nImage 150.2 x 100cm (59 x 39in.)\;\n\nsheet 1
 61 x 110cm (63 1/4 x 43 1/4in.)\;\n\nframe: 163.5 x 112.5cm (64 1/2 x 44
  1/2in.)\n\nCondition Report\nProvenance\nDonated by Heloise and Hervé N
 abon\nCatalogue note\n\nUpon his arrival in Paris in the early 1960s\, Her
 ve Nabon had already won a number of prizes for his photographic work\, ga
 rnering him significant attention in the advertising realm. As he settled 
 in the capital\, the photographer began collaborating with the renowned fa
 shion magazine Le Jardin des Modes\, and rapidly caught the eye of the Bea
 uty magnate Elizabeth Arden\, who commissioned him to produce campaigns fo
 r her cosmetics empire. From then on\, Nabon entered long-lasting collabo
 rations with such prestigious clients as L’Oréal\, Pernod Ricard\, Merc
 edes\, El Corte Ingles and later Club Med\, Paco Rabanne\, Evian\, Louis F
 éraud... Creative partnerships through which he encountered opportunities
  to shoot amongst the first photographs of Andie MacDowell\, Stephanie Sey
 mour\, Elle McPherson\, Cindy Crawford\, Claudia Schiffer\, Carol Alt\, Ja
 nice Dickinson and Isabelle Adjani\, only to name a few.\n\n\n\n\nNabon’
 s strength was first and foremost his chameleonic style: a highly intellig
 ent visual language that could be adapted to his client’s identity whils
 t keeping a voice distinctly its own. As digital post-editing was not an o
 ption during that time\, he needed to be extremely ingenious in the exact
  moment of photographing – making framing and lighting central to his cr
 eative process. In Le Plongeon\, the photographer conveys the perrenial be
 auty of an ephemeral moment\, seconds before the model’s immersive dive.
  Boasting flawless compositional structure and an exquisite sense of timin
 g\, the photograph survives as a wonderful testament to Nabon’s unique v
 ision and photographic flair.\n\n\n\n\nOver the course of his career\, Her
 ve Nabon has been acknowledged as one of the most important Beauty photogr
 aphers of his time\, particularly with regard to his work for L’Oréal w
 hich lasted for over forty years.\n\n\n\n\nToday\, he refers to his career
  as « 50 ans de vacances » - 50 years on holiday - a humorous and poetic
  quip that reflects both his love for photography in an era of insouciance
  and a work ethic steeped in professionalism\, all-the-while celebrating b
 eauty\, leisure and a sense of effortlessness. His archive remains for the
  most part untouched and unseen: a treasure that documents the evolution o
 f advertisement photography and pop culture in France.
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