Biography
Julien Mignot was born in 1981. A photographer, artist and collector, he belongs to the very small family of press photographers who also make a living from their art. A portraitist sought after by the biggest international titles, Julien leaves more and more room for his personal work. His work can be found in the collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Musée Nicéphore Nièpce, the Leica Foundation and numerous private collections. Julien Mignot was barely 20 when he published his work in Elle magazine. His vocation quickly outstripped his studies, even though he obtained a master's degree in geography. Julien Mignot began reporting for Libération, Le Monde, Elle and Télérama, before going international and turning increasingly to portraiture for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, M du Monde, Express Style, L'O, D magazine, Sport and Style and The New Yorker. He has put his eye to work for record labels and signed the covers of numerous albums, while maintaining a precious eclecticism, from the classical music of Claudio Abbado to the pop of Jeanne Added, not forgetting Izia, the Ebène quartet, Kiddi Smile, Rodolphe Burger and Yuksek. Few photographers are capable of working for clients as diverse as Chanel, Hermes, Sony, Dom Perignon, Boucheron and Louis Vuitton, or of collaborating with Xavier Dolan, the Philharmonie or the Paris Opera. In 2018 his first book "96 Months" (published by Filigranes) came out, at the same time as his first solo exhibition at the Intervalle gallery. In 2019 he will direct his first short film, "Sous la Peau", starring Victoire du Bois, Damien Bonnard and Mathieu Amalric.