François-Marie Banier - Lot with 2 books: On the Edge & François-Marie Banier - 2000-2005

You're bidding on two books by François-Marie Banier.

François-Marie Banier is a French photographer born in 1947 in Paris, France. He is known for his photography that often features celebrities and other public figures. Banier has photographed notable individuals such as Yves Saint Laurent, Françoise Sagan, Samuel Beckett, Vladimir Horowitz, Louis Aragon, François Mitterrand, Kate Moss, Mick Jagger, and Princess Caroline of Monaco. Influenced by Salvador Dalí and Marie-Laure de Noailles, his work has been exhibited in prestigious venues including the Centre Pompidou, the Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Museum Haus Lange, and Villa Medici. He has been honored with awards such as the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle. Banier currently resides in Paris, France.

On the Edge
Publisher: Kerber, 2005
Hardcover, 120 pages, English
Size: 30.5x23cm
Very good condition

Here French photographer François-Marie Banier focuses on issues of marginality--the representation of people thrown out of common life in any form. His outsiders--maniacs, have-nots, the homeless, and prostitutes, are rendered as equally perceptive and cautious. This book presents the photographer's "Human Condition" series, and is published on the occasion of his exhibition a the Museum Haus Lange in Krefeld Germany.

François-Marie Banier
Publisher: Charta, 2000
Softcover, 192 pages, English
Size: 30x24.4cm
New in seal

This comprehensive volume illustrates these various aspects of Banier's career, containing photographs of important literary, art, and fashion world personalities as Nathalie Sarraute, Marcello Mastroianni, Yves St. Laurent, and Silva Mangano among many others.