Lacomte biography

French photographer Brigitte Lacombe is known for her influential and revelatory portraiture. 

For four decades she has created iconic and intimate photographs of many of the world’s most celebrated artists, actors, politicians and intellectuals. 

In 2023,  Lacombe’s museum exhibit “FACE TO FACE” with Catherine Opie and Tacita Dean, curated by Helen Molesworth, a selections of Artists Portraits was shown at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in NYC

Her work has been exhibited at Phillips Galleries in NYC, London and Paris, Sotheby’s Gallery London, Qatar Museums (QM), Shanghai Center of Photography, The Museum of the Moving Image NY, Paris Cinematheque, and Berlin’s Deutsche Kinemathek

“Brigitte”, a documentary film by director Lynne Ramsay, commissioned by Miu Miu Women’s Tales, (MMWT)  premiered at the Venice and New York Film Festivals in 2019

In 2023 Lacombe was honored by the Ministry of Culture as one of France “100 Women of Cult Our History - Lacoste PIVU