Jeanloup Sieff (1933-2000) was a photographer from Paris. He studied photography, literature and journalism.
After he began shooting fashion photography and moved to New York, he became incredibly popular and that was the very beginning of a wonderful career full of iconic images ranging from Monsieur Gainsbourg to Nico, Yves Saint Laurent and many more..
He is less known for his landscape photography. (though he has some bewitching ones) The best-known aspect of his work was the nude figures principally in black and white.
I love the way he photographed all those cult figures with a sense of dreaminess; meanwhile suggesting a kind of distance between the viewer and the model.
I regret to tell you that we have all missed that wonderful opportunity to be captured by the lens of this master; so, better make do with the ones in hand.
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