1958 - Irving Penn

À l'origine, Irving Penn voulait devenir peintre, mais à l'âge de 26 ans, il commença à dessiner et à faire des photos de couverture pour Vogue. En 1958, lorsqu'il réalise ce portrait d'Yves Saint Laurent, il est déjà reconnu comme l'un des dix plus grand photographes du monde selon le Popular Photography Magazine.

1958 Bernard Buffet

Le portrait dessiné par Bernard Buffet en 1958 se trouve toujours dans le studio d'Yves Saint Laurent.

Yves Saint Laurent par Horst P. Horst, 1958 / Yves Saint Laurent by Horst P. Horst, 1958

1958 - Horst P. Horst

Horst, génie du clair-obscur, débute sa carrière artistique comme apprenti dans l'atelier de Le Corbusier à Paris. Dès 1932, il vit entre New York et Paris et travaille pour Vogue. Pendant 60 ans, il sera le chroniqueur de la mode, des célébrités et de leurs univers.

En 1958, lors d'un de ses voyages en Europe pour son prochain livre, il photographie Yves Saint Laurent.

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1958 Irving Penn

Irving Penn originally wanted to become a painter, but at the age of 26 began designing, then photographing covers for Vogue magazine. In 1958, when he took this portrait of Yves Saint Laurent, he was named one of the world's top ten photographers in an international poll conducted by Popular Photography Magazine.

1958 Bernard Buffet

The portrait drawn by Bernard Buffet in 1958 still hangs behind Yves Saint Laurent's desk in his studio.

Yves Saint Laurent par Horst P. Horst, 1958 / Yves Saint Laurent by Horst P. Horst, 1958

1958 Horst P. Horst

Horst is considered a master of light and deep shadow photography, but he began his artistic career as an apprentice in Le Corbusier's atelier in Paris. By 1932, he was working at Vogue magazine, moving regularly between Paris and New York. He spent the next 60 years as a chronicler of the fashionable, the famous, and their glamorous interiors.

In 1958, he photographed Yves Saint Laurent during a trip through Europe, gathering images for his next book.

1961 The YSL Logo

Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1901-1968) designed the distinctive Yves Saint Laurent logo which still remains a cultural icon.

A poster, unlike a painting, is not, and is not meant to be, a work easily distinguished by its 'manner' - a unique specimen conceived to satisfy the demanding tastes of a single more or less enlightened art lover. It is meant to be a mass-produced object existing in thousands of copies - like a fountain-pen or automobile. Like them, it is designed to answer certain strictly material needs. It must have a commercial fashion.
- Adolphe Mouron Cassandre