guy le baube

A contemporary of Helmut Newton and Patrick Demarchelier, French fashion photographer Guy Le Baube captured the heart of the New York and Paris fashion scenes.

bio

guy le baube

Whool, 1979

Archival pigment print

"[Behind the Scene] has never been a project. It is basically built around pictures I took right before and after shootings. All the pictures here were never meant to be art, but rather outtakes of commercial jobs...For around 50 years I just focused on portraits and commissions. I would be sent by magazines to shoot people for editorials, usually they were celebrities. Here, on the other hand, I made a point not to have too many celebrities and to dig in my archive in order to only feature people that I actually like. I’m just living out of my past."

You just press the button and get somehow lucky. What passes in front of you is the truth...and photography is just a way to lie truthfully: that’s the movie, the novel behind the picture. Le roman de la vie has to be altered. To speak is already an exaggeration of your thoughts, and photography never existed just for the purpose of capturing the truth

guy le baube

CV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019
Behind The Scenes, Avant Gallery

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021
Art is Life, Avant Gallery

ART FAIRS

2016
Avant Gallery at SCOPE Basel 2016, Avant Gallery

press

guy le baube's photos capture fashion icons in their heyday

i-d magazine, July 2019

guy le baube's photos capture fashion icons in their heyday

i-d magazine, July 2019

GUY LE BAUBE: "BEHIND THE SCENES" AT AVANT GALLERY

Musee Magazine, July 2019

GUY LE BAUBE: "BEHIND THE SCENES" AT AVANT GALLERY

Musee Magazine, July 2019