Francis Giacobetti is undoubtedly one of France’s greatest living photographers. With his lens, he has captured the world’s most beautiful women, the greatest stars, was friends with artists of renown, including César and Francis Bacon. For a great many people, he is also known as the man behind the movie Emmanuelle’s poster photography.

In October 2017, Artcurial, Éditions Assouline and Editions First join together to celebrate this photographic giant with an art book gathering together his most beautiful photos, published at First, in which the artist recalls the encounters marking his life, sharing his artistic vision; the auction of 33 iconic prints offering a complete perspective of Francis Giacobetti’s career, from the invention of the glamour shot for Lui magazine to the series commissioned by Issey Miyake, Art Daily said.

Inventor of most of the iconic vocabulary of the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s, Francis Giacobetti created the most evocative images of an entire generation. Frédéric Beigbeder, a fan of the Master, will pen the foreword of the catalogue of the 17th October auction.