Lionel Kazan (1930-2016) was a fashion photographer of Russian origin who had known a great success during the Fifties and Sixties. He is especially famous for his collaboration with the French fashion magazine ELLE ; he produced 92 covers from 1953 to 1965. Lionel Kazan also produced photoshoots for Vogue, Glamour, Marie-Claire and Nouveau Femina. Well-known models posed for him such as Bettina Graziani and Pia Rossilli (who will become his wife). Thanks to his work, he was in contact of the greatest fashion photographers like Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton and Guy Bourdin. Besides, iconic celebrities had been under his objective : Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Jean Seberg… In 2016, Alexandra Kazan releases a book paying a tribute to her father’s work.

Elegant and sophisticated magazine covers realized by Lionel Kazan in the 1950s :

Model Gigi in Jacques Heim

Lanvin-Castillo dresses

Hermès coat

Geneviève Fath dress and Sterlé jewels

Tailleur veste-robe de Christian Dior en prince de Galles de la ligne A

Jacques Heim outfit

Fath velvet suit

Cocktail dress by Christian Dior and Roger Vivier shoes

Hubert de Givenchy

Betty Furstenberg

Model Ivy in Dior

Lempereur suit

Givenchy outfit

Givenchy suit

Cécile Aubry wearing a Madeleine Vramant dress

Jean Patou silk dress

Christian Dior suit

Christian Dior dress

Iconic actresses immortalized in the 1950s by Lionel Kazan :

Sixties fashion in black and white by Lionel Kazan :

Sixties fashion captured by the talented photographer :

Sunny pictures by Lionel Kazan :

Magazine covers in the sixties by Lionel Kazan :

Très long manteau de Christian Dior et ailleur court de Pierre Cardin

Dorothée

Collerette d’inspiration hindoue diamants émeraudes saphirs et pendentif grosse perle poire Van Cleef & Arpels

Mannequin Mickey

Beautiful 60’s portraits of celebrities signed Lionel Kazan :

Joyful and gipsy style in the Seventies :

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