Égoïste
Editor in ChiefNicole Wisniak
CategoriesPhotography and lifestyle
FrequencyIrregular
Founded1977
Based inParis, France
LanguageFrench

Égoïste is a French magazine, founded in 1977 by Gérard-Julien Salvy and Nicole Wisniak, primarily an arts and culture publication with a particular emphasis on photography and fashion. Wisniak originally intended to create a quarterly magazine;[1] however, the issues have been released in an irregular, episodic fashion over the years.[2]

History and profile

Each issue of the large-format magazine is around 200 pages long, published strictly in black and white, and printed on heavy stock paper that accounts for its sizable weight.[2] The first issue, printed in 1977, featured a portrait of Andy Warhol by his friend, graphic designer Philippe Morillon, who was also responsible for the cover.[3] Nicole Wisniak has been the sole editor and decision-maker about every aspect of the magazine since inception, including the art direction of the original advertisements that finance its publication.[4]

Photographers whose work has appeared in Égoïste include Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Bettina Rheims, Paolo Roversi, Ellen von Unwerth, and Max Vadukul.[5] In 1987, Wisniak secured rights to publish Avedon's previously unseen photographs of Andy Warhol's scarred midriff.[6] The magazine has also typically featured essays and interviews written by authors such as Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio, Marguerite Duras, Cioran, Jean-Edern Hallier, Françoise Sagan, William Styron, Jean d'Ormesson, Michel Tournier, Bernard-Henri Lévy, and François Nourissier.[7] In 1990, the French fashion company Chanel had to purchase the usage rights to the name Égoïste from Wisniak, in order to release its namesake perfume.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Un nouveau trimestriel : " Égoïste "". Le Monde (in French). 1982-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. 1 2 Fraser-Cavassoni, Natasha (2011-03-02). "Egoïste to Return in Familiar Style". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Egoiste No.1". IDEA Store. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  4. ↑ Leiby, Michele Langevine (2011-05-27). "A bespoke magazine with an ego all its own". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  5. ↑ Ollier, Brigitte; Lebovici, Elisabeth. "Avedon très "Egoiste"". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  6. ↑ "Supreme Egoiste". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  7. ↑ "Egoïste, c'est un club!". L'Express (in French). 1996-06-27. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  8. ↑ Rabaté, Jean-Michel (2001). James Joyce and the politics of egoism. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-511-01784-7. OCLC 52472289.

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