In Paris, two exhibitions and a book pay tribute to the career and work of Dutch photographer Sacha Van Dorssen.
The Netherlands Institute in Paris offers the first ever retrospective of the forty-year career of the Rotterdam-born fashion photographer, whose signature has appeared regularly on the cover of some of the world’s greatest fashion magazines (Elle, Marie Claire, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar…), as well as numerous books and advertising.
Sacha Van Dorssen’s style is light and simple, focusing on the clothes and highlighting the designers’ inspiration. As most of her shootings were performed outdoors, she was often forced to adjust to unpredictable weather conditions, with the aim of “making a totally artificial situation looking natural.” She paid a great attention to the choice of her models by actively participating in castings and tried to create harmony between the model and the selected scenery rather than harsh contrasts. Each shooting was an opportunity to capture the scarce moments of spontaneity and lightness during these moments of haste and heavy work. All her photographs accompanied the emergence of a new generation of fashion designers such as Kenzo, Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gautier, agnes b, Comme des Garçons and Christian Lacroix.
In parallel, the Sit Down Gallery offers a selection of more personal photographs, most of them being exposed for the first time, thus offering an original perspective on the work of this unobtrusive photographer.
Both exhibitions are accompanied by a bilingual (French / English) book published by Editions du Chêne.
"If it was ... Sacha Chinese portrait "
Gallery Sit Down
4, rue Sainte-Anastase
75003 Paris, France
Exhibition from 29 January to 19 March 2011 (except from March 3 to 10)
Tuesday to Saturday from 14h to 19h and by appointment
"Sasha. Fashion photographer "
Netherlands Institute
Cultural Centre of the Netherlands
121, rue de Lille, 75007 Paris,France
Exhibition from January 20 to March 20, daily except Monday
from 13h to 19h
