McQueen

About Lee Alexander McQueen…

The whole story :

Friendship & photography, from 1997 until 2010 - When Lee McQueen took his own life.

I miss my friend, as I miss an Artist of high caliber. Visionnaire, witty, without any limit.

Analogue photography only : Art for Art.

* Please note : 169 of these photographs taken over 13 years have been exhibited in the Rencontres d’Arles in 2018 : it was “Les Inachevés” (the unfinished).

Since 2022, the exhibition “Rendez-Vous / Lee Alexander McQUeen & Ann Ray” has been touring in Museums in the USA. “Rendez-vous” is produced by Barrett Barrera Projects.

Unfallen Angels

Unfallen Angels, McQUeen, 2009.

Collection : Fondation Carmignac

My Head On A Plate, I

Series of 5 portraits of Lee McQueen, 2000.

Collections :

Yvon Lambert

Maya Hoffman

Disappearance, McQueen 2010

Les Oiseaux, McQueen, 2000

Collection :

Victoria & Albert Museum

Featherweight, McQueen 2008

Collection :

Victoria & Albert Museum

Ann Ray discusses her link with Lee Alexander McQueen

This video was published on the opening of “Rendez-Vous” in Frist Art Museum in Nashville, USA.

Insensé, McQueen 1998

Wind Tunnel II, 2003

Collection :

Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Secret, Interrupted - McQueen 1998

I love the fact that the negative was damaged, which gives these white marks that participate in the composition of the image. I know that Lee McQueen would have loved that, that magic trace, touching, tangible.

I chose this image on purpose, whereas there was another one which was impeccable.

I do believe in the strength of accidents. Raw Beauty.

Private Collections

Flying Head, McQUeen 2008

Sometimes people tell me that I am a surrealist, in many ways. This makes me very happy, even if sometimes I dont know why they say that. And sometimes, I understand.

"Ma Joconde", McQueen, 1998

As all the images here, this was done in a few seconds, in a frantic atmosphere the day of the McQueen performance.

I took this photo more than 25 years ago, so I can step back enough to say that only Lee McQueen pushed me in areas that I ignored before I met him. I feel an immense gratitude. He pushed me towards the Truth, the Beauty, and that feeling that nothing is impossible. I became fully who I am because there was so much trust.