Marylou Daubé, fashion photographer in New York

It was by arriving in Trébeurden, at home, for the holidays, that MARYLOU DAUBÉ discovered his last work. The end of year number of Madame Figaro : 18 pages of photos, just that. Yellow lights on a beach in Miami, the model Barbara Palvin poses, mainly at night. So much for the decor of this series of shots:

“It was an interesting series to do with a very creative little team. Two others will soon be published in this magazine. »»

For 20 years in New York

The photographer even bought it from the local reseller. A wink from this Trégorroise who has left for New York for over 20 years. She has just obtained American nationality, while keeping her accent. What challenge the models she photographs:

“Each time, I say that I come from a small fishing village in Brittany where there are less than 3,000 inhabitants. They hallucinate. »»

Far, far from the Sunlights of the big parades, photo sessions in the most improbable places, like one of these winter days at the top of the State Building Empire.

“What matters is the photo”

“I like this work for the discoveries he gives, but I stayed myself. Mannequins and producers appreciate me for that. I don’t wear brand clothes. What matters is the photo. »»

An artistic look that his great-grandfather would have appreciated, Emile Daubé, to whom we owe the Departmental Painting Museum. Pedagogue, he notably trained a certain sailor Marie.

“What I especially like is human encounters” insists the young woman, mother of two children. A link that she weaves each time with the models she photographs to capture an even more look, an attitude, a light. Eddy de Pretto on a car cover, but also the journalist Léa Salamé in simple lights.

Ramanna, Beyoncé ou kale

Not enough to impress the photographer:

“We have to remain discreet even when we are 50 on a shoot. »»

And even when the stars are called Beyoncé, Rihanna, Céline Dion or Kanye West. Photos exclusively for advertising that will make one of the most prestigious magazines: Vanity Fair, Vogue, Madame Figaro And many others.

“You also need to have a lot of energy and be available. The American market is thus done. There are networks, people with whom I work regularly, but you also have to be very flexible and mobile, business is treated quickly. »»

Customers are called Dior, Yves Saint-Laurent or Armani, Dolce & Gabbana.

In photo or by one -minute films, She grabs the moment, To enhance a perfume, jewelry or a very beautiful dress.

A fashion course

A fashion environment that the forties almost always frequented. After her first painting lessons at Corinne Vomscheid in Lannion and an artistic baccalaureate, she joined the prestigious ESAG Penninghen school in Paris. For five years, she stores experience and theoretical courses with the best professors in the middle.

His end -of -study thesis is rewarded by the First prize at Helsinki University of Art. She then flies away for Japan with the grantable grant. She makes several photo reports.

The Lan Kerellec Manor

But fashion is New York, she settles there without knowing anyone. Lodges in roommates and weaves its network.

Twenty years later, it measures the path traveled without dwelling. Just with The taste for a job well done As his parents also learned, the owners of the Lan Kerellec manor in Trébeurden, now run by his sister.

A place that she likes more than anything in the world. Accustomed to the most beautiful beaches on the planet for the photos, even during these winter gray days, it bathes daily in front of the Milliau Island. “I sometimes work in postproduction here in summer. »»

A feature film project

Marylou Daubé does not forget much more personal work than she publishes on her site. She also has a feature film project:

“I continue writing but one thing is certain, it will be turned in natural decor and here in Trébeurden. »»

The meeting is made. But already other stars await him for new photo sessions on the other side of the Atlantic. Perhaps she will be able to convince some that the Trégorroises beaches are well worth those of the tropics. For photos on icy paper at least!

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