In the mind of many fashion fans Philippe Jarrigeon's name is linked with several quirky campaigns for popular designers and brands including Baccarat, Chanel, Dries Van Noten, Margiela, Roger Vivier and, more recently, Kenzo, Opening Ceremony and Delfina Delettrez.
The key to Jarrigeon's success is his style that at times calls to mind a glossy magazine, at others reminds of still life paintings. Besides, his carefully studied and composed images always have an ironic twist.
Born in France, Jarrigeon graduated in photography from the ECAL / Switzerland, and took part in the following years in prestigious international photographic competitions. Throughout the years he has collaborated with Document, Double, Liberation, Numero, M le Monde and Vogue US and, in 2009, he founded, together with curator and journalist Sylvain Menétrey, the magazine Dorade, review galante, photographie et formes critiques, a platform for avant-garde artists and the recipient in 2012 of the Swiss Design Award and the Award for best cultural magazine from the Art Directors' Club.
In September Jarrigeon's works will be featured in a special exhibition - "Grand Magasin" - at Galeries Lafayette's Galerie des Galeries. The exhibition is set to celebrate ANDAM (National Association for the Development of the Fashion Arts)'s 25th anniversary since Galeries Lafayette has been a partner of the fashion award since 2003.
Founded in 1989 by Nathalie Dufour, the award was originally launched to spot new talents based in France and help them showcasing their work during Paris Fashion Week. In the last few years, the prize finally opened up to international designers (the winners of this year's award are Iris van Herpen and the Coperni Femme duo).
The exhibition will feature a series of images inspired by the Department Store theme and paying homage to 15 iconic talents spotted by the ANDAM prize - Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, Christophe Lemaire, Véronique Leroy, Jean Touitou (A.P.C.), Jeremy Scott, BLESS, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Yazbukey, Gareth Pugh, Giles Deacon, Anthony Vaccarello, Yiqing Yin, Julien David and Alexandre Mattiussi.
While celebrating the world of these designers, the exhibition also looks at the visual semantics of fashion in a wider and more general way, via portraits of staff and customers, juxtapositions of different themes and sub-themes or contrasts created by staging vignettes featuring models and desirable objects.
Jarrigeon's images quite often feature installations that he recreates in his studio. All the photographs are characterised by a vivid sense of colour and by perfectly arranged scenes. The best challenge for the visitors of this exhibition? Spotting which images borrow from precise periods in the history of art and which ones are derived from the world of advertising and glamorous magazines. You're warned, though: it will be a challenge infused with Jarrigeon's trademark dark humour.
"Grand Magasin" is at the Galerie des Galeries, 1st floor Galeries Lafayette, 40 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France, 23rd September - 15th November 2014.
Image credits for this post
All images Copyright Philippe Jarrigeon
1. Untitled, 2014.
2. Les Affaires - Véronique Leroy.
3. Temps Gris - Cristophe Lemaire.
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