Marc Hispard
Mode d’Emploi

Exhibition from 26 November 2010 to 22 January 2011

Young Gallery is pleased to present the retrospective of Marc Hispard's best fashion photographs taken during his career in France and in the United States of America comprises more than 40 medium-format prints measuring 60 x 80 cm and a number of larger prints. This exhibition is sure to attract fashion photography enthusiasts keen to take another look at top models of the great era, like Claudia Schiffer, Estelle Lefebure, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Karen Mulder. Marc Hispard belongs to the exclusive club of the world's greatest photographers in the tradition of Peter Lindbergh, Paolo Roversi, Mario Testino and the like.

Marc Hispard is a fashion photographer born in France.
At 15, he starts to work at professional photographic lab Pictorial Service in Paris in order to learn the bases of photography and at the same time in the evening studies at "Ecole du Louvre".
At 18, he works as photographer for "Jardin des Modes".

After military duties he starts a long collaboration with the magazine Elle in France. In 1963 he works in London for Queen Magazine and the British Vogue, in Rome for Italian Vogue and for Mademoiselle in New-York.
In 1886, he is one of the 3 photographers who started Elle U-S-A.
In 1988 he makes of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue and from 1989 he contributes for Vogue U-S-A, Italian Vogue, French Glamour and French Vogue.

He makes advertising campaigns for major companies all over the world as L’Oreal, Revlon, Dior, Victoria Secret, Biotherm and Estée Lauder. He works as commercials for Macy’s and Burdines and is the concept designer and director for the launch of the Givenchy perfume Organza.