Égoïste is a French magazine, founded in 1977 by Gérard-Julien Salvy and Nicole Wisniak, primarily an arts and culture publication with a particular emphasis on photography and fashion. Wisniak originally intended to create a quarterly magazine; however, the issues have been released in an irregular, episodic fashion over the years.

History and profile

Each issue of the large-format magazine is around 200 pages long, published strictly in black and white, and printed on heavy stock paper that accounts for its sizable weight. The first issue, printed in 1977, featured a portrait of

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by his friend, graphic designer Philippe Morillon, who was also responsible for the cover. Nicole Wisniak has been the sole editor and decision-maker about every aspect of the magazine since inception, including the art direction of the original advertisements that finance its publication. Photographers whose work has appeared in ''Égoïste'' include

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, Bettina Rheims, Paolo Roversi, Ellen von Unwerth, and Max Vadukul. In 1987, Wisniak secured rights to publish Avedon's previously unseen photographs of Andy Warhol's scarred midriff. The magazine has also typically featured essays and interviews written by authors such as Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio,

Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...

, Cioran,

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, Jean d'Ormesson,

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Bernard-Henri Lévy Bernard-Henri Georges Lévy (; ; born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the " Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. His opinions, politi ...

, and François Nourissier. In 1990, the French fashion company

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had to purchase the usage rights to the name ''Égoïste'' from Wisniak, in order to release its namesake perfume.

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