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Portrait of Nicolas Tikhomiroff<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Tikhomiroff was best known for his war photography and images of celebrities such as Orson Welles and Brigitte Bardot. He started his career processing prints in the darkroom of a fashion photographer, and then went on to take photographs for magazines such as Marie France. He favoured using a Rolleiflex camera.<\/p>\n

In 1956, inspired by French journalist Michel Chevalier, he started working as a freelance photographer accompanying Chevalier on trips to the Soviet Union, Africa, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

He joined Magnum in 1959, producing numerous photo stories on war photography in Algeria, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.<\/p>\n

He also contributed to an important Magnum project on World Cinema, for which he met stars such as Orson Welles, Fellini, and Visconti. He developed a close friendship with Orson Welles, in particular, whilst photographing the filming of The Trial and Falstaff-Chimes At Midnight, both directed by Welles.<\/p>\n

Tikhomiroff retired from professional photography in 1987, but continued working on personal projects in France.<\/p>\n

In a statement by Magnum, Magnum member, Bruno Barbey shared his memories of Tikhomiroff:<\/p>\n

“To me, his name will always be linked to his iconic photographs of Orson Wells, notably in Spain on the set of ‘Chimes at Midnight’. As well as a very important portraitist of the celebrities of the 60s (Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau or Edith Piaf, to name a few), Nicolas was also a concerned photographer, covering USSR in 1957 or De Gaulle’s historic visit to Algeria in 1960. In a certain way, Nicolas epitomized Magnum’s long standing tradition, producing both a significant personal work on film set photography and covering world news for the agency.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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