François-Marie Banier: Private Heroes

by François-Marie Banier (Photographer)

The Parisian photographer Francois-Marie Banier has that rare quality among photo-journalists of capturing famous personalities with their guards down. This book contains unforgettable snapshots of Salvador Dali, Mick Jagger, Faye Dunaway, Jim Jarmusch, Marcello Mastrianni, Yves Saint-Laurent, Johnny Depp, Kate Moss, Vladimir Horowitz, Samuel Beckett, and many more. Banier began his career as a writer, and later worked as an actor, before turning to photography and painting.

193 pages, Hardcover

First published October 2, 1999