Anne Deniau, known as Ann Ray, (born 1969 in Brest, France[1]) is a French photographer, artist and filmmaker. Ann Ray has published several photographic books: Nicolas Le Riche (2008),[2]Mira Me (2009),[3]24 hours in a Man's Life (2011),[4]Love Looks Not With the Eyes (2012)—13 years of work with Lee Alexander McQueen, and Les Inachevés (2018). She is self-taught in photography except for when she studied at Central Saint Martins in London.
In the 1990s, she decided to follow a career as a photographer and artist. In 1995 she moved to Tokyo and in 1996 she started her photographic career.[5]
In Tokyo, she first worked for Givenchy and Cartier. Her photographs were published in Japanese magazines such as Hi-Fashion, She, Marie-Claire, Spur, The Seine. For three months she has observed textile art in Japan, in Tokyo and Kyoto. She photographed and interviewed artisans throughout Japan.[6]
In London, she networked with fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen.[7] Their relationship is documented in the 2012 book Love Looks Not With the Eyes.[8][9]
In 2001, she moved to Paris. In 2003 Ray began working for the Paris Opera, producing posters, rehearsal photos, portraits, for the programmes and the magazine of the Paris Opera, entitled "Line 8" and then "On stage". She created a series of portraits of the Paris Opera Dancers for an exhibition at the Palais Garnier: Double Jeu, exhibited from 2006 to 2008, then revised and expanded from 2009 to 2012.[10]
She was signed as a photographer for the DVDs of Giselle (Paris Opera),[13] Siddharta (Paris Opera),[14] La Didone de Cavalli,[15] and The Firebird[16]/The Rite of Spring directed by Paavo Jarvi [17]
One of her portraits was used by Michael Nyman for his CD The Piano sings (II) in 2013.[18]
In 2006, Ray directed a film about Caligula,[19] by Nicolas Le Riche for the Paris Opera. Also in 2006, she directed a film about Amoveo, by Benjamin Millepied, the New York City Ballet's star dancer.[20]
In 2007, she directed a film about "Rare Differences", created by Marie-Agnès Gillot, the Paris Opera's star dancer. The film included dancers Julie Guibert and Marjorie Hannoteaux. The same year, she directed a film about Les âmes frères by Julien Lestel at Espace Cardin.[21]
In 2010 and 2011, she produced and directed a film with Stéphane Bullion, for which the music was written by Michael Nyman. The film was part of the project "24 Hours in the Life of a Man".
^Your name here. 24 hours in a man's life (English and French Edition): Anne Deniau, Anyway Editions: 9782953976205: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN2953976205.
