Friends first. This is the impression that dominates when you enter Jean Renoin his Greenwich Village apartment, new York. He lives surrounded by photos of everyone who matters to him. Starting with Zofia, his wife, former model, ex-muse of Ralph Lauren. His large black and white portrait, taken by his friend Helena Christensen, who became a photographer, sits on a wall to the left of the entrance.
On the right, it is that of Jean, made by the painter Yan Pei-Ming, a family friend, based on a photo from “Vogue Italia”, signed Peter Lindbergh, another friend. “I gave it to him for his 60th birthday”, specifies Zofia. In a frame, on a shelf, we recognize Jean with his friends: Luc Besson, of course, but also Dustin Hoffman, Steve Martin, and especially Johnny, present everywhere. And in particular, when Jean Reno joined him on stage in New York. “VSt was three years before his death, he was giving a concert at the Beacon Theater.” An anthology duet will follow: “All the music I love”.
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