night pictures by OLIVIER ZAHM
purple dinners by STÉPHANE FEUGÈRE
with a portfolio by PATRICK SARFATI
Patrick Sarfati re-interpreted the male image for men in the ’80s. He was the avatar of the masculine image, and the gay male, back when it was still taboo, long before the Stonewall riot of July 27, 1969. And while some photographers, like Pierre et Gilles or Bruce of Los Angeles chose eroticism, Sarfati stuck with a similar male theme within the realm of the more traditional 20th century photographers, picturing life and the politics of the gay world as much as its flamboyance and secrets.
A mosaic at the Stadio dei Marmi, Rome, December 2012.
Modern architecture, Rome, January 2013.
Miltos Manetas and Olivier Zahm at Osteria La Gensola, Rome, December 2012.
André Saraiva at Vincent Darré’s birthday party at La Laiterie Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, January 2013.
Luigi Ontani’s “AnderSennoSogno” exhibition at the Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen, Rome, December 2012.
Charlotte Chesnais
Ingrid Caven and Vincent Darré. All at Vincent Darré’s birthday party at La Laiterie Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, January 2013.
The curator Luca Lo Pinto at Luigi Ontani’s “AnderSennoSogno” exhibition at the Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen, Rome, December 2012.
Inès de la Fressange, Vincent Darré, and Arielle Dombasle at Vincent Darré’s birthday party at La Laiterie Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, January 2013.
Colette and Olivier Zahm
A photograph by Max Snow
Max Snow. All at Max Snow’s “The Lady of Shalott” opening at Colette, Paris, January 2013.
Olivier Zahm and Natacha Ramsay-Levi, Paris, May 2013.
Sculptures at the Hendrik Christian Andersen Musuem, Rome, December 2012.
Justin Theroux, André Saraiva, and Olivier Zahm at the Hotel Principe Di Savoia, Milan, January 2013.
David Lynch, Paris, 2008 Photo by Patrick Sarfati
Chris Bollore and Caroline Gaimari at Le Baron, Paris, February 2013.
Stéphane Feugère, January 2013.
Taxidermy tiger
Taxidermy dog
Kristen McMenamy and Ivor Braka
Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault. All at the Berluti Men’s F/W 2013 presentation at La Grande Galerie de L’Évolution, Paris, January 2013.
Spanish artist Miquel Barceló and Olivier Zahm
Adel Abdessemed and Miquel Barceló. All at Adel Abdessemed’s studio, Paris, January 2013.
Carine Roitfeld wearing a Miu Miu stole after the Ulyana Sergeenko S/S 2013 Couture show, Paris, January 2013.
Juergen Teller and André Saraiva
Thomas Lenthal, André Saraiva, and Olivier Zahm
A photo by Juergen Teller of Kristen McMenamy
Jane How
André Saraiva and Kristen McMenamy
Phoebe Philo and Haider Ackermann. All at a dinner in honor of Juergen Teller’s “Woo” exhibition opening at the ICA, London, January 2013.
Daphné Hézard and Thierry Gillier
Jean-Yves Le Fur, Olivier Zahm, and Sonia Sieff
André Saraiva and Aaron Young
Pamela Love, Tati Cotliar, and Jamie Bochert
Tallulah Harlech and André Saraiva
Olivier Zahm and Pamela Love. All at the Zadig & Voltaire dinner at Le Stresa, Paris, January 2013.
Sonia Seiff in the toilet (a hommage to her father Jeanloup Sieff), Paris, January 2013.
TV decor
André Saraiva, Fab 5 Freddy, and Debbie Harry
Matt McAuley from TV Baby
Zoe le Ber
Nate Lowman, Ben Cho, André Saraiva, and Glenn O’Brien
Magnus Unnar
Glenn O’Brien
Olivier Zahm and Camille Rowe Pourcheresse
Gina Nanni and her son Oscar O’Brien
Glenn O’Brien
Joseph Kosuth and a friend
Adi Gil, Dakota Goldhor, and Angela Donhauser
Lizzi Bougatsos and Nate Lowman
Theophilus London and a friend. All at the Le Baron “TV Party” with Glenn O’Brien, New York, February 2013.
Terry Richardson, New York, February 2013.
Liv Tyler and Jack McCollough after the Proenza Schouler F/W 2013 show, New York, February 2013.
Michel Gaubert, New York, February 2013.
Mark Borthwick, Joey Borthwick, Maria Cornejo, and Bibi Borthwick at the Zero + Maria Cornejo F/W 2013 show, New York, February 2013.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel at the Tom Ford F/W 2013 show at Lancaster House, London, February 2013.
Grace Jones at le Palace, Paris, 1983 Photo by Patrick Sarfati
Betony Vernon and Francesco Clemente
Olivier Theyskens, Edita Vilkeviciute, and a friend
Chloë Sevigny, Kim Gordon, Lizzi Bougatsos, Annabel Mehran, Natasha Lyonne, and Tara Subkoff
Renzo Rosso and Olivier Zahm,
Alex Postiglione and Daniele Cavalli
Olivier Zahm and the ATL Twins
Aurel Schmidt
Lake Bell, Scott Campbell, and Justin Theroux
Gaspar Noé and Elise Gallant
Olivier Zahm, Lizzi Bougatsos, and Kim Gordon
Glenn O’Brien and Gina Nanni
Lizzi Bougatsos, Chloë Sevigny, and Kim Gordon
Martynka Wawrzyniak and Dawn Goldworm
Gaspar Noé and Richard Kern
Federico Marchetti and Jovanotti
Lily Donaldson and Derek Blasberg
Tom and Sarah Sachs
Inez Van Lamsweerde, Vinoodh Matadin, and Sabine Heller
Cyprien Gaillard and Mark Borthwick
Tati Cotliar and Jefferson Hack
Terry Richardson and Audrey Gelman. All at the Purple dinner and party with Diesel Black Gold at ACME and the Top of The Standard, New York, February 2013.
Max Snow and Scott Campbell
Leigh Lezark and Greg Krelenstein
Dan Colen, Lily McMenamy, and Olivier Zahm
Tim Barber, André Saraiva, and Olivier Zahm
Nate Lowman, Scott Campbell, and Lake Bell
Camille Bidault-Waddington
Marie-Amélie Sauvé, Olivier Zahm, and Karla Otto
Olivier Zahm and Natasha Lyonne
Brad Elterman and Terry Richardson
Emilie Kareh and Dustin Dollin
Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia and Clotilde Courau
André Saraiva, André Balazs, and a friend
Tati Cotliar and Paula Goldstein
Olympia Le-Tan, Jennifer Eymère, Cleo Le-Tan, and Sara Nataf
Justin Theroux and André Balazs
Caroline Gaimari and Jennifer Eymère
Lily Donaldson and Terry Richardson
Camille Bidault-Waddington and Aleksandra Woroniecka
Sandy Kim
Magnus Berger and a friend
Masha Orlov and Juliana Balestin
Vinoodh Matadin, Olivier Zahm, and Inez Van Lamsweerde. All at the Purple dinner and party with Diesel Black Gold at ACME and the Top of The Standard, New York, February 2013.
Marble Giant, 1932, at the Foro Italico, Rome, 1985 Photo by Patrick Sarfati
Peter Dundas and Cara Delevingne
Sabina Belli and Coco Brandolini
Ornella Muti and Franca Sozzani
Rita Ora
Robert Rabensteiner and Tali Lennox
Mark Ronson
Tali Lennox and Olivier Zahm
Olivier Zahm and Margherita Chiarva
Giuseppe Zanotti
Rita Ora and Cara Delevingne
Eva Riccobono, Olivier Zahm, and Josephine de la Baume
Olivier Zahm and Tali Lennox
Paula Goldstein, Francesco Scognamiglio, and Caroline Gaimari
Margherita Missoni, Olivier Zahm, and Valeria Bilello
Mark Ronson and Josephine de la Baume
Daniele Cavalli and Jefferson Hack
Sophia Heskech
Daniele Cavalli and Louise Bourgoin
Valeria Bilello, Anna Dello Russo, and Chiara Francini
Francesco Scognamiglio and Ornella Muti
Rita Ora and Nicholas Kirkwood. All at the Purple dinner and party with Bulgari at the Bulgari Hotel, Milan, February 2013.
Michael Amzalag and Benjamin Bruno after the J.W. Anderson F/W 2013 show, London, February 2013.
Lily Donaldson and Olivier Zahm
Xerxes Cook and Robert Montgomery
Carson McColl and Gareth Pugh. All at the AnOther magazine dinner at Café Royale, London, February 2013.
Francesco Scognamiglio and Eva Riccobono at Francesco Scognamiglio’s after show dinner, Milan, February 2013.
Georgia May Jagger wearing Olivier Zahm’s Baker cap, Milan, February 2013.
Olivier Zahm and Beatrice Trussardi at Federico Marchetti’s birthday party, Milan, February 2013.
St. Barths, March 2013.
Olivier Zahm and Juliette Binoche at the Santoni F/W 2013 dinner at Da Giacomo, Milan, February 2013.
Milan Fashion Week, February 2013.
Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé from Justice at Hotel Amour, Paris, February 2013.
Caroline Gaimari
Robert Montgomery
Lucy Newman
Hannah Bhuiya and Allegria Torassa
Caroline Gaimari, Cédric Rivrain, and Natacha Ramsay-Levi
Caroline Gaimari and Lily McMenamy
Gaspar Noé and Olivier Zahm. All at Caroline Gaimari’s birthday party at L’Embuscade, Paris, February 2013.
Cyril as an Angel, Paris, 2006 Photo by Patrick Sarfati
Olivier Zahm and Sabina Belli
Carine Roitfeld and Franceline Prat
Magdalena Frackowiak and Edita Vilkeviciute
Charlotte Stockdale, Derek Blasberg, Samantha Traina, and Gaia Repossi
Tilda Swinton and Haider Ackermann
Jean-Yves Le Fur and Virginie Mouzat
Yaz Bukey
Tilda Swinton, Haider Ackermann, Betony Vernon, Sandro Kopp, Waris Ahluwalia, and Olivier Zahm
Theophilus London and Sofia Sanchez
Sonia Sieff, Natacha Ramsay-Levi, and Valentine Fillol-Cordier
Ora-Ïto and Peter Saville
Olivier Zahm, Gianni Oprandi, and Natacha Ramsay-Levi
Waris Ahluwalia and Sarah Andelman
Aleksandra Woroniecka and Élodie Bouchez
Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, and Sandro Kopp
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem and Natacha Ramsay-Levi
Olivier Zahm and Harri Peccinotti
Gianni Oprandi and Julia Camarero
Cédric Rivrain and Caroline Gaimari
Marie Beltrami and Catherine Baba. All at the Purple dinner and party with Bulgari at the Café de Flore and Le Montana, Paris, March 2013.
Olivier Theyskens and a friend
Cleo and Olympia Le-Tan
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Lucy Newman, and Robert Montgomery
Jean-Jacques Schuhl
Jeanne Damas
Théodore Fivel and Lily McMenamy
Sky Ferreira and a friend
André Saraiva, Jean-Yves Le Fur, Olivier Zahm, and Stephane Gerschel
Derek Blasberg, Jonathan Anderson, and Benjamin Bruno
Jeffrey Byrnes and Geraldine Postel
Erika Kurihara and Jen Gilpin
Charles-Edmond Henry and Katja Rahlwes
Natacha Ramsay-Levi and Olivier Zahm
Tallulah Harlech, Charlotte Stockdale, and Karlie Kloss,
Rose Singh, Simon Liberati, and Camille Bidault-Waddington
Suzy Menkes
Xerxes Cook and Maxime Ballesteros
Sven and Sara Schumann
Mallory Passuite and Johan Lindeberg
Marc Ascoli and Jean-Marc Loubier
Cecilia Bonstrom and Thierry Gillier
Alexandra Golovanoff and Pierre Hardy. All at the Purple dinner and party with Bulgari at the Café de Flore and Le Montana, Paris, March 2013.
Marcelo Krasilcic at his “1990s” exhibition at Colette, Paris, March 2013.
André Saraiva and Babymary Faline at the Maison Michel after party at Le Baron, Paris, March 2013.
The Yaz Bukey F/W 2013 presentation at Maison Darré, Paris, March 2013.
Melvil Poupaud at the Yaz Bukey F/W 2013 presentation at Maison Darré, Paris, March 2013.
Gaia Repossi
Edita Vilkeviciute and Magdalena Frackowiak
Kanye West and Riccardo Tisci
Marie-Agnès Gillot
Olivier Zahm and Ashley Smith. All at the CR Fashion Book issue 2 party at the Hotel Shangri-La, Paris, March 2013.
Daphne Guinness, New York, March 2013.
Cara Delevingne at the Karl Lagerfeld for Melissa capsule collection launch at EN Japanese Brasserie, New York, March 2013.
Jamie Hince and Jean-Yves Le Fur
Olivier Zahm and Karl Lagerfeld. All at the CR Fashion Book issue 2 party at the Hotel Shangri-La, Paris, March 2013.
Karley Sciortino, New York, March 2013.
St. Barths, March 2013.
Le Select bar in St. Barths, March 2013.
Philippe Combres, who just moved to St. Barths, March 2013.
Mario Sorrenti in St. Barths, March 2013.
St. Barths, March 2013.
Farida Khelfa and Olivier Zahm at Vincent Darré’s exhibition opening at La Galerie du Passage, Paris, March 2013.
Alex Israel, Los Angeles, March 2013.
Mark Haddawy’s guest house, Los Angeles, March 2013.
Le Grand Rex, 1932, the biggest movie theatre in Europe, Paris, 2012 Photo by Patrick Sarfati
Thomas Hayo and Noot Seear
Olivier Zahm and Frankie Rayder
Willie Maldonado and Olivier Zahm
Olivier Zahm and Chloë Sevigny. All at the Purple party at MILK Studios, Los Angeles, March 2013.
Kesh at her studio, Los Angeles, March 2013.
Glenn O’Brien with the TV Party models
All at the “TV Party” taping with Glenn O’Brien, at the Lafayette House New York, February 2013.
All at the “TV Party” taping with Glenn O’Brien, at the Lafayette House New York, February 2013.
Trees at Natacha Ramsay-Levi’s family house in Uzès, April 2013.
Hotel Amour, Paris, April 2013.
Léa Seydoux at Hotel Amour, Paris, April 2013.
On the Agent Provocateur F/W 2013 shoot, London, April 2013.
Natacha Ramsay-Levi and Cédric Rivrain, Paris, April 2013.
Edouard Merino
Michael Amzalag
Mathias Augustyniak
Chan Marshall and Camille Bidault-Waddington. All at the M/M “Wouf’s The Word!” exhibition opening and dinner at Air de Paris, Paris, April 2013.
Naoki Takizawa and Nicola Formichetti at the Uniqlo LifeWear presentation at the Espace Commines, Paris, April 2013.
A Berbère rose gold ring by Repossi worn by Gaia Repossi, Paris, April 2013.
Natacha Ramsay-Levi’s and Gaia Repossi’s Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière shoes, Paris, April 2013.
Tara Lynn, New York, April 2013.
André Saraiva at the Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles, April 2013.
John Baldessari and Cyprien Gaillard at a dinner to celebrate the opening of Cyprien Gaillard’s show at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, April 2013.
Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster at Teddy’s at the Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, April 2013.
André Saraiva and Mary Charteris
Jonathan Anderson and Lucy Newman
Valentine Fillol-Cordier and Olivier Zahm
Olivier Zahm and Kanye West
A Rolling Stones arcade game. All at the Le Baron re-opening at Scotch and dinner at Coya hosted by Purple, London, April, 2013.
Lily McMenamy and Valentine Fillol-Cordier
Lily McMenamy
Heidy de la Rosa and Joe Dahan. All at the Purple dinner with Joe’s Jeans at Le Caprice, London, May 2013.
Nur Khan and Olivier Zahm at The Electric Room, New York, May 2013.
Sandy Kim
Jonathan Anderson. All at the Versus x J.W. Anderson collection launch party, New York, May 2013.
Scott Campbell and Lake Bell, New York, May 2013.
Nicolas Ghesquière at dinner at Marie-Amélie Sauvé’s apartment, Paris, May 2013.
A work by Francesco Vezzoli
Miuccia Prada
Jeffrey Deitch
Achille Bonito Oliva
A work by Francesco Vezzoli
Collier Schorr
Bernardo Bertolucci and Olivier Zahm. All at Francesco Vezzoli’s dinner at the MAXXI National Museum of the XXIst Century Arts, Rome, May 2013.
Katja Rahlwes and Olivier Zahm
Mark Borthwick. All at Mark Borthwick’s studio, New York, May 2013.
Terry Richardson during a dinner at Omen, New York, July 2013.
Julian Schnabel at the Creative Time Gala Honoring Julian Schnabel at the Domino Sugar Refinery, Brooklyn, May 2013.
Olivier Zahm and Hiromix
Momoko Ando and Chikashi Suzuki. All at an intimate dinner at Sora no Niwa in Shibuya, Tokyo, June 2013.
Lou Doillon at the Bowery Hotel, New York, June 2013.
Gidget with his owner Max Snow at the Purple office, New York, June 2013.
Maria Kochetkova and Polina Semionova, New York, June 2013.
Vanna Youngstein
Olivier Zahm and Andrew Richardson
Alex Detrick and Cleo Le-Tan. All at Alex Detrick and Cleo Le-Tan’s wedding and birthday party, New York, July 2013.
Aaron Young and Laure Heriard-Dubreuil after dinner at Sant Ambroeus, New York, July 2013.
A view of Paris
Natacha Ramsay-Levi. All at André Saraiva’s birthday party at his apartment, Paris, July 2013.
Robert Rabensteiner, Lola Schnabel, and Olivier Zahm
Lola Schnabel and Luigi Ontani
Olivier Zahm, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and André Saraiva
Delfina Delettrez and André Saraiva
A Pop Up waiter
André Saraiva, Alexandre de Betak, and Sofia Sanchez
Rose Singh and Jefferson Hack
Mark Alizart and Maria Kochetkova
Alessio de Navasques, Alessandro Possati, and a friend
Olivier Zahm and Tobias Rehberger
The decor at the Palazzo Flangini
Lola Schnabel and Luigi Ontani
Niklas Svennung and Lucy Chadwick
Goga Ashkenazi and Elizabeth von Guttman
Natacha Ramsay-Levi and Olivier Zahm. All at the Purple dinner by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tobias Rehberger at the Palazzo Flangini, Venice, June 2013.
St. Helier on Fire 2017” by Jeremy Deller at the British Pavilion
“Book Sculptures” by Odires Mlaszho at the Brazilian Pavilion
“A Good Day for Cyclists” by Jeremy Deller at the British Pavilion. All at the Venice Biennale 2013, June 2013.
[Table of contents]
Roland Barthes The Rustle of Language
by Camille Bidault-Waddington
night pictures
by Olivier Zahm and Stéphane Feugère with a portfolio by Patrick Sarfati
by Glenn O'Brien
by Olivier Zahm
by Luca Lo Pinto
by Olivier Zahm
by Olivier Zahm
by Donatien Grau
by Olivier Zahm
by Camille Bidault-Waddington
by Mario Sorrenti
by Paolo Roversi
by Sandy Kim
by Katerina Jebb
Kacper Kasprzyk
by Marcelo Krasilcic
by Terry Richardson
by Chikashi Suzuki
by Johan Sandberg
by Olivier Zahm
by Olivier Zahm
by Ken Miller
by Jeffrey Deitch
by Olivier Zahm
by Ed and Deanna Templeton