Henri Elwing - Jane Birkin

Print on silver paper signed and numbered 8/20

Henry Elwing
Born in Paris in 1925, only son of Polish parents After a brilliant schooling, the desire to take photos was stronger and he became a key photographer for ELLE Magazine from 1955 to 1985 with the ambition of taking testimonial photos on the real nature of the photographed, their habits, their joys. . . . never paparazzi photos, always photos consented to by its subjects.

Born in Paris in 1925, Henri Elwing was the only son of Polish parents. After completing his education with outstanding brilliancy, his desire to be a photographer outweighed everything and he became one of ELLE Magazine's greatest photographers from 1955 to 1985, nurturing the ambition of taking photos which expressed a photographed person's true self, their idiosyncrasies, their joys… never any paparazzi shots, only ever pictures his subjects agreed to.