Born in Le Havre, France, and self-taught, Demarchelier first rose to prominence shooting for Vogue in the late 1970s, and achieved new heights there in the late 1980s and 1990s
Photo: Mireya Acierto/Getty Images Patrick Demarchelier, the French photographer whose name alone telegraphed the glamour and chaos of the fashion industry — “I have Patrick!”, as it was bellowed in The Devil Wears Prada — died yesterday at 78, according to a posting on his official Instagram account. A cause of death was not given.
, when he continued the collaboration he had begun at British Vogue with Grace Coddington, one of new hires of its new editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour. The two can be seen together in The September Issue, Demarchelier issuing terse instructions in his famously thick French accent , and he was so associated with Vogue that he had a cameo in the Sex & the City movie as the photographer of Carrie Bradshaw’s wedding-dress shoot for the magazine.
A photographer of Diana, Princess of Wales for British Vogue, December 1990 by photographer Patrick Demarchelier at the exhibition in 2016 in London, England. Photo: Ray Tang/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Demarchelier’s particular specialty was beautiful women.
A photograph titled “Karlie, New YorK” by Patrick Demarchelier during the opening for the press of “Vogue like a painting” exhibition at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in 2015. Photo: Quim Llenas/Getty Images Demarchelier’s long career was celebrated and much awarded. He was named an officer in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government in 2007, and saw exhibitions and gallery shows of his work staged over the years.
At the time of his death, Demarchelier was at work recently on an exhibition at his German gallery, Camera Work, which the gallery confirmed will go ahead as planned in Berlin this fall. He is survived by his wife, Mia; three sons, Gustaf, Arthur, and Victor, who also became a fashion photographer; and three grandchildren.
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