Palace of Versailles launched the Karl Lagerfeld photography exhibition. The theme of the exhibition is "Palace of Versailles's Versailles l ombre du Soleil" under the sun's shadow. The unique and splendid cultural and historical heritage of Palace of Versailles is interpreted from the completely original perspective through the capture of light and shadow.

In 1987, Karl Lagerfeld decided to carry out photography in his advertising plan.

Since then, his works have been published in all the top fashion magazines for readers all over the world.

This exhibition is known as "Versailles l l ombre du Soleil" in the shadow of the sun. Let us once again find that the talent of Karl Lagerfeld, as a photographer, is not limited to the level of fashion.

He guided his photographic style with his intuition and his appreciative image. His improvised performance plays an important role in the inspiration.

Why choose Palace of Versailles as the scene of photography?

For Karl, important places always inspire infinite thinking, and Palace of Versailles is just like "fairy tale incarnation is true, a reality that actually exists but echoes the imagination of our imagination".

In this way, the photographer interprets Palace of Versailles in a different but close to his personal voice. With the help of similar movie scenes, he can lead us into a very moving and almost realistic world through light and shadow and different artistic conception.

Karl Lagerfeld and Versailles National Museum curator Jean Jacques Aagon (Jean-Jacques Aillagon) selected 40 black and white photographs, which were washed in special velleum pattern paper. The works were displayed in Madame Nong's residence.

The photographs of Karl Lagerfeld are based on Grey bottom cloth, but frameless, and are displayed on walls in a concise way, so that visitors can directly appreciate the effect of material and paper grain.

These specially processed photographs emphasize the importance of photographer's background.

The antique printing style of photography shows the unique flavor of the photos.

"Paper is my favorite material in the world, and for me, it is also the starting point of all creativity.

In photography, it is also the most effective material.

"-Karl Lagerfeld

The exhibition is sponsored by CHANEL.

Exhibition details:

Time: June 10, 2008 to September 7th

Venue: Madame Nong's residence

Except for Monday, it is open daily from 9:00 am to 6.30 p.m.

This exhibition is part of the exhibition of King's main hall of Palace of Versailles.

Admission: Euro 13.50 (full vote), euro 10 (preferential ticket).