Pierre Houlès
Pierre Houlès (October 27,1945 – August 4, 1986) was a French photographer.
Life and career[edit]
Pierre Houlès was born in Béziers, France on October 27, 1945.[1] He move to Paris in 1958. He took an interest in photography and in 1962 he enrolled in a course at Studio Guégan and then became his assistant.[1]
In 1964, Houlès met Jean-Jacques Naudet during their military service in the film department of the army in the Fort d'Ivry.[2] They became friends and moved to New York together in 1967 to pursue photography.[2] Houlès sister Valerie was already living in New York and she helped find them a sublet at 54th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. Soon they moved to a cheaper apartment downtown. By 1969, Houlès was working as an assistant to Bill Silano for Harper's Bazaar and Naudet was working for Glamour, and they moved to Carnegie Hill.[2] They eventually went their separate ways, Naudet went into journalism and Houlès continued to pursue photography.[2]
Houlès befriended fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez and artist Jean-Paul Goude, then an associate editor for Esquire, and he began working for Esquire in the 1970s. He also worked for Oui, Vogue Italia, Elle and Madame Figaro.[2]
In the early 1980s, Houlès photographed artists Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.[3]
Houlès spent his time between New York and Paris. While in Paris, Houlès met South African model Josie Borain who was eighteen years his junior.[4] Borain moved to New York with him in 1983 and they were married in 1984.[1] Houlès encouraged her to become a photographer.[5]
On August 4, 1986, Houlès died at the age of 40 while out for a jog in Paris.[2] His body was found in the Bois de Boulogne where he was training for the New York City marathon.[4]
In 2014, the first exhibition of his photographs since his death, Life's Too Short, was held at Myriam Bouagal Galerie in Paris.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Rédaction, Service. "Paris-New York - 1967-1986 Hommage à Pierre Houlès, (...) - Art Côte d'Azur". www.artcotedazur.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ a b c d e f claude-guillaumin-2 (2014-12-29). "Pierre Houlès (1945 - 1986)". L'Œil de la Photographie Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Pierre Houles - life was too short". www.pierrehoules.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ a b Gross, Michael (2017-08-29). Focus: The Secret, Sexy, Sometimes Sordid World of Fashion Photographers. Simon and Schuster. pp. 189–191. ISBN 978-1-4767-6347-7.
- ^ Muhlenberg, Dylan (2015-11-17). "Sneak Peak into the Home of SA's First Supermodel - Josie Borain". SAPeople - Worldwide South African News. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ Unger, Melissa (June 3, 2014). "In Memory of Pierre Houlès † An Exhibition in Paris". Seymour Magazine.