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Michel Comte
Born
(1954-02-19) 19 February 1954 (age 70)
Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality
Swiss
Known for
Photography, Films and multi-media art works
Notable work
The Girl from Nagasaki, Light
Spouse
Ayako Yoshida
Website
StudioMichelComte.com
Michel Comte (born 19 February 1954) is a Swiss artist, filmmaker, fashion and portrait photographer. His most recent art project 'Light', focuses on the impact of environmental decline through his large-scale installations, paintings, sculptures and multimedia artworks.
Comte started his career as an art restorer, specializing in contemporary artworks such as Andy Warhol and Yves Klein. In 1979, he was discovered by Karl Lagerfeld who gave him his first international assignment for Chloé and later Chanel. He became well-known for his work with Vogue Italia, l'Uomo Vogue, Vanity Fair and Interviewv over the years and has worked with brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Gianfranco Ferre, BMW and Ferrari amongst others. He directed and produced his first feature film in 3D, The Girl from Nagasaki - a retelling of the classic opera Madama Butterfly, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014.
Away from the high-gloss magazines and his campaigns for luxury brands, Comte kept himself grounded by taking on photo assignments for the International Red Cross (ICRC) in war-ravaged regions like Bosnia, Angola, Rwanda and Somalia. His work with the ICRC contributed to fundraising efforts to build an orthopaedic hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan and helped raise awareness and money for victims of conflict.
A passionate mountain climber and aviator, Comte began investigating climate change as a student and has had the unprecedented opportunity to observe and portray glacial landscapes all over the world. Two decades ago, Comte decided to wind down most of his activities as a commercial photographer to focus on Light, his most recent art project. Light is the study of natural landscapes and explores the impact of environmental changes via sculpture, paintings, installations and photography.
Light has been exhibited at the Triennale di Milano (2017), MAXXI in Rome (2017), Urs Meile Galleries (Beijing 2018 and Lucerne 2020) and Dirimart (Turkey) (2019).
MichelComte (born 19 February 1954) is a Swiss artist, filmmaker, fashion and portrait photographer. His most recent art project 'Light', focuses on the...
Girl from Nagasaki is a 2013 romantic musical drama film directed by MichelComte. The film had its premiere as the closing night film of the 2013 Naples...
a Bourbonnais less suitable for hunting than other breeds. In 1970, MichelComte decided to look for the last dog that had some Bourbonnais blood. He...
Richardson, Olivier Zahm, Ellen Von Unwerth, Solve Sundsbo, David Bailey, and MichelComte. In December 2012 Charteris was selected by Amazon UK to showcase their...
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Eliasch. The same year she performed in The Girl from Nagasaki, a film by MichelComte based on Madame Butterfly. In 2013, Zane performed in The Chateau Marmont...
from black-and-white photography to embrace colour with the work of MichelComte. After Paolo Roversi, author of the 2010 campaign, 2011 saw the comeback...
Lo Verso, and Julian Sands. The same year, he starred as an actor in MichelComte's directorial debut, a film adaptation of Madam Butterly, in which he...
following year, Humphries modeled for Vogue Italia, where she worked with MichelComte. This opportunity led to her walking in New York Fashion Week in February...
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Miyake. She was photographed by i.a. Peter Lindbergh, Karl Lagerfeld, MichelComte, Manfred Baumann, and Arthur Elgort. Knuppe married Christian Möstl in...
Child" Released: 1996 (US only) "When You Came into My Life" Released: 1996 "Where the River Flows" Released: 1997 Alternative cover photo by MichelComte...
photographers such as Helmut Newton, Dominique Issermann, Greg Gorman, MichelComte as well as others. The fashion journalist Natalia Aspesi described Francesca...
ComteMichel de Pierredon is a papal title held by the French family Michel de Pierredon. Comte is a title of French nobility roughly equivalent to the...
Ontani, Paola Gandolfi and famous photographers as Gian Paolo Barbieri, MichelComte, Alberta Tiburzi and others. In 2010 he created the costumes for the...
photographers including Bruce Weber, Peter Lindbergh, and Paolo Roversi, MichelComte giving them complete freedom to choose models and subjects, and encouraging...
Girl from Nagasaki, a film adaptation of Madame Butterfly, directed by MichelComte. Anna Orso died in a Rome hospital of an illness on August 14, 2012,...
March Annette Karlsson April Nathalie Gabrielli MichelComte May Carole Jackson June Cindy Waite MichelComte July Linda Lyon August Isabella Rossellini September...
SOLAQUA Foundation, several Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs, Migros, and the MichelComte Water Foundation. SODIS has also been applied in several communities...
February Kylie Bax Mark Abrahams March Inés Sastre MichelComte April Eugenia Silva MichelComte May Kirsty Hume Mark Abrahams June Audrey Marnay Mark...
He was assistant to many known photographers in the industry such as MichelComte, Jacques Durand and Yann Arthus-Bertrand. He has crossed the pages of...
actors, all in black and white. She has been shot by Steven Meisel, MichelComte, and Peter Lindbergh for Donna Karan and has been featured in the J....
Issue Cover model Photographer January Cuba Tornado Scott MichelComte February Suvi Koponen Sebastian Kim March Grace Hartzel Patrick Demarchelier April...
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