Antoine Verglas
Antoine Verglas is a New York City-based photographer who obtained popular acclaim for his uninhibited documentary-style fashion photographs of 1990s supermodels such as Claudia Schiffer and Stephanie Seymour.
Early life
Antoine Verglas was born and raised in Paris, France, where he attended E.S.C School of Business and, on occasion, worked as a model for television commercials. Through this, he got his start hosting a TV show called Cinq sur Cinq for teenagers, presenting video clips, movie trailers and interviewing celebrities, including Sharon Stone among many others. Verglas started taking photographs of his college girlfriend, Ford model Catherine Ahnell and in 1990 moved to New York City to become a photographer.Importance
In the 1990s, Verglas introduced a new style of fashion photography when he captured models Tatjana Patitz, Stephanie Seymour, Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford in a series of intimate, documentary-style photographs that ran in several international editions of Elle magazine. Prior to that, fashion editorials were highly poised. Verglas's photographs were more candid and uninhibited, with natural light. This intimate style of capturing a personality has become known as the "Verglas Signature". It is highly sought after to this day by all the top fashion magazines such as Elle, Vogue, GQ, Esquire, Maxim, and Sports Illustrated.Career
Over the years, Verglas went on to have successful career in commercial photography creating images for Victoria's Secret, Revlon and Maybelline, among many others, as well as magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Maxim, Sports Illustrated, GQ and Playboy.Calypso St. Barth
Along with Christiane Celle, Verglas was a co-founder of Calypso St. Barth, a Caribbean-accented multi-brand retailer with more than 35 stores, including stores in Manhattan, the Hamptons, Paris, St. Tropez and St. Barth. In 2007, Calypso Christiane Celle and Antoine Verglas sold majority interest in the company to Solera Capital LLC, a private equity investment firm. Verglas is now invested in concept store Clic and Hudson studios, Mindy Meads is CEO of Calypso St. Barth.Art Scene
On the art scene, one of Verglas's photographs broke records at in London, selling for 15,000 GBP in 2015.Verglas spends his time between St. Barth, Paris, Montauk and New York City.