Content : In this book, more than 100 international stars are hiding either their mouth, their eyes or their hear. Why? Fucking good question !
To have the most beautiful portrait of stars, Jean-François Robert has a tip: he asks them first to chose one of the three wise monkeys’ posture: hiding either their mouth, eyes or hears. ”Fucking good question!” Johnny Depp shouts discovering the choice.
That’s all there is to it: thanks to this preliminary photo, Jean-François creates a climate of confidence between the photographer and the star, a complicity that changes the whole shooting session afterward. A great idea that allows him to shoot rare and authentic portraits, and looked for since 1990 until today by numerous famous magazines: M le Monde, Télérama, Libération, Les Inrockuptibles, GQ, Madame Figaro, Marie Claire…
These photos are gathered for the first time in a book, and will be published for the first time! These photos are more than just a gallery of pop culture portraits. Actors, singers, sportsmen and sportswomen, filmmakers, politicians and all the others play along and offer a rare intimacy and a sincerity.
[The three wise monkeys date back to Confucius era in China, between 479 and 221 B.C.: The first one hide his eyes with his hand not to see the evil, the second hide his mouth not to speak of it and the third one hides his hears not to hear it.]