Brigitte Bardot, circa 1968 - Lot 10

Brigitte Bardot, circa 1968 Digital color print Dimensions: 21.5 x 20.5 cm Note: An emblematic portrait of Brigitte Bardot in the late 1960s, a pivotal period in her public image. The tight framing emphasizes the face, loose blond hair and oversized sunglasses, which became one of Bardot's iconic attributes at the time. The purposely uncluttered colored background reinforces the image's graphic strength, giving it an almost pop aesthetic. This photograph perfectly encapsulates the Bardot icon: independence, modernity and sensuality, far from the classic codes of studio portraiture. The gaze concealed behind the dark lenses accentuates the image's mysterious, timeless dimension, while fully inscribing the print in the visual aesthetics of the late Sixties. This print is of strong iconographic interest, both to collectors of cinema images and to fans of vintage photography and mythical figures of the XXᵉ century. It is an instantly recognizable image, representative of the height of the Bardot myth.