Antoine Verglas (born in Paris, 1962) is a New York City based photographer who obtained popular acclaim for his uninhibited documentary-style fashion photographs of 1990s supermodels such as

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Early life

Antoine Verglas was born and raised in Paris, where he attended E.S.C School of Business and, on occasion, worked as a model for TV commercials. That is how he got his start hosting a TV show ''Cinq sur Cinq'' ive on Fivefor teenagers, presenting video clips, movie trailers and interviewing celebrities, including

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among many others. Antoine started taking photographs of his college girlfriend, Ford model Catherine Ahnell and in 1990 moved to

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to become a photographer.

Importance

In the 1990s, Antoine Verglas introduced a new style of fashion photography when he captured models

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in a series of intimate, documentary style photographs that ran in several international editions of ''

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'' magazine. Prior to that fashion editorials were highly poised. Antoine Verglas' photographs were more candid and uninhibited, with natural light. This intimate style of capturing a personality has become known as the “Verglas Signature.” It is highly sought after to this day by all the top fashion magazines such as ''Elle'', ''

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'', '' GQ'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Career

Through the years Antoine Verglas went on to have successful career in commercial photography creating images for

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and

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among many others as well as magazines such as

, Elle, Maxim,

, GQ and

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Calypso St. Barth

Along with Christiane Celle, Antoine Verglas was a co-founder of Calypso St. Barth, a Caribbean-accented multi-brand retailer with more than 35 stores, including stores in Manhattan, the Hamptons, Paris, St. Tropez and St. Barth. In 2007, Calypso Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas sold majority interest in the company to Solera Capital LLC, a private equity investment firm. Antoine is now invested in concept store Clic and Hudson studios , Mindy Meads is

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of Calypso St. Barth.

Art Scene

On the art scene one of Antoine's photographs broke records a
Philipps De Pury auction
in London selling for 15,000 GBP in 2015. Antoine spends his time between St. Barth, Paris, Montauk and New York City.

References

External links

Official web site

Calypso St. Barth
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