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She started as a Model , then opened an art gallery, before turning to photography in 1978 . She did many commissionned works (albums covers, such as for Jean-Jacques Goldman ; photos of various stars...); in 1995 , she took the official photograph of Jacques Chirac , President Of The French Republic .

In 1992 , she published ''chambre close'', a series of photographs of nude young women in various postures. In 1998 , she published, with Serge Bramly , '' I.N.R.I. '', retracing the life of Jesus in a contemporary settings. The book was controversial in Christian circles.


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