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François-Marie Banier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi banje]) (born 27 June 1947) is a French novelist, playwright, artist, actor and photographer. He is particularly known for his photographs of celebrities and other public figures and for his friendships with members of high society.
François-Marie Banier est un écrivain, photographe, dessinateur, peintre et acteur français, né François Marie Banyaï le 27 juin 1947 dans le 17 e arrondissement de Paris. Il publie plusieurs romans et pièces de théâtre aux éditions Grasset et Gallimard.
Banier captures an air, an attitude, a gaze and thus reveals what is unique—the character, the very nature of the individual. Thus for example a triumphant-looking woman may, by the grace of a photograph taken without the slightest pose, go back to being the vulnerable little girl she once was…
Site officiel de l'artiste et écrivain français François-Marie Banier.
Nov 9, 2023 · The richest woman in the world at the time of her death in 2017, her entourage, her daughter, and her butler, who secretly recorded meetings between the heiress and those that became part of her inner sanctum, became embroiled in a headline-grabbing scandal.
Jun 30, 2020 · Candid and peaceful, François-Marie Banier talks us through his life-long quest of photographing strangers. The French photographer learned portraiture from Man Ray, and has taken more than a million snapshots of people, mostly on the street. Here, he talks us through his evocative practice.
This text was written by François-Marie Banier, published by Gallimard on the occasion of the release of the exhibition catalog François-Marie Banier which took place at Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris from the 26th of March until the 15th of June 2003.
