20 ans déjà, une autre époque, un autre style, le 4 mars 1991, le photographe Rémi Rebillard passait devant la demeure de Serge Gainsbourg, décédé deux jours auparavant, il pris une photo rapidement des graffitis sur le mur de la rue de Verneuil. Il réalisa une série la même semaine à Paris, sous l’influence de Jean Paul Gaultier, Azzedine Alaïa, Mondino, ainsi que les couleurs saturées, les maquillages forts. Aucune relation en revanche, entre cette série et Gainsbourg, si ce n’est la notion de temps, l’évènement de sa mort, et le fait, qu’à 30 ans, il était “a disillusioned painter” … un sentiment qu’il ressenti longtemps dans son domaine.

The French photographe Rémi Rebillard we propose a new set of pictures and gives us some information about this series …”20 years have gone by….practically another era, another style. ( this was the photographic style I was developing in my work ). March 4th, 1991, I passed in front of the outer wall of Serge Gainsbourg’s house on rue de Verneuil in Paris. He had passed away only 2 days before. Quickly, I snapped a short series of photos of the graffiti that fans had put up in tribute to him. This fashion series was shot the very same week in Paris. I remember the influences of Jean Paul Gauthier , Azzedine Alaia , Mondino…the saturated colors, the strong make-up… There is no correlation between this series and Gainsbourg, except the timing. He died the same week of my shoot. 30 years prior he was a disillusioned painter, something that I too am feeling in my “domaine”.”

Models : Renee Jeffus , Rebeca Romijn , Tasha Tilberg , Cara Leigh Thompson , Jenny Brunt
Make –up and hair by Davide’ Calcinai