Égoïste (magazine)
{{Short description|French photography and lifestyle magazine}}
{{distinguish|The Egoist (periodical)}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Égoïste
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| language = French
| category = Photography and lifestyle
| frequency = Irregular
| editor = Nicole Wisniak
| editor_title = Editor in Chief
| founded = 1977
| based = Paris, France
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Égoïste is a French magazine, founded in 1977 by Gérard-Julien Salvy and Nicole Wisniak, primarily an arts and culture publication with a particular emphasis on photography and fashion. Wisniak originally intended to create a quarterly magazine;{{Cite news |date=1982-05-22 |title=Un nouveau trimestriel : " Égoïste " |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1982/05/22/un-nouveau-trimestriel-egoiste_2910014_1819218.html |access-date=2022-05-28}} however, the issues have been released in an irregular, episodic fashion over the years.{{Cite news |last=Fraser-Cavassoni |first=Natasha |date=2011-03-02 |title=Egoïste to Return in Familiar Style |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/fashion/03iht-regoiste03.html |access-date=2022-05-28 |issn=0362-4331}}
History and profile
Each issue of the large-format magazine is around 200 pages long, published strictly in black and white, and printed on heavy stock paper that accounts for its sizable weight. The first issue, printed in 1977, featured a portrait of Andy Warhol by his friend, graphic designer Philippe Morillon, who was also responsible for the cover.{{Cite web |title=Egoiste No.1 |url=https://www.ideanow.online/store/Egoiste-No-1-p120607681 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=IDEA Store |language=en}} Nicole Wisniak has been the sole editor and decision-maker about every aspect of the magazine since inception, including the art direction of the original advertisements that finance its publication.{{Cite news |last=Leiby |first=Michele Langevine |date=2011-05-27 |title=A bespoke magazine with an ego all its own |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-bespoke-magazine-with-an-ego-all-its-own/2011/05/24/AGih1nCH_story.html |access-date=2022-05-29 |issn=0190-8286}}
Photographers whose work has appeared in Égoïste include Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Bettina Rheims, Paolo Roversi, Ellen von Unwerth, and Max Vadukul.{{Cite web |last1=Ollier |first1=Brigitte |last2=Lebovici |first2=Elisabeth |title=Avedon très "Egoiste" |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2000/09/30/avedon-tres-egoiste_339049/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Libération |language=fr}} In 1987, Wisniak secured rights to publish Avedon's previously unseen photographs of Andy Warhol's scarred midriff.{{Cite web |title=Supreme Egoiste |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-02-10-8803290165-story.html |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Chicago Tribune}} The magazine has also typically featured essays and interviews written by authors such as Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio, Marguerite Duras, Cioran, Jean-Edern Hallier, Françoise Sagan, William Styron, Jean d'Ormesson, Michel Tournier, Bernard-Henri Lévy, and François Nourissier.{{Cite web |date=1996-06-27 |title=Egoïste, c'est un club! |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/informations/egoiste-c-est-un-club_615066.html |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=L'Express |language=fr}} In 1990, the French fashion company Chanel had to purchase the usage rights to the name Égoïste from Wisniak, in order to release its namesake perfume.{{Cite book |last=Rabaté |first=Jean-Michel | title=James Joyce and the politics of egoism |date=2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-511-01784-7 |location=Cambridge, U.K. |page=43 |oclc=52472289}}
References
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Further reading
- [https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/cult-french-revue-egoiste-rare-gorgeous-impredictible/ Cult French Revue “Egoiste”]
- [https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/egoiste-2-nicole-wisniak/ Egoïste 2 –Nicole Wisniak]
- [https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/vanity-affair-this-french-magazine-publishes-whenever-it-damn-well-pleases Vanity Affair: This French Magazine Publishes Whenever It Damn Well Pleases]
- Le Monde -- [https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2015/01/22/le-phenix-egoiste_4561203_3246.html Le phénix « Egoïste »] (French)
- Paris Match -- [https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Livres/Egoiste-magazine-16e-numero-nicole-wisniak-148119 « Egoïste », la meneuse des revues] (French)
External links
{{Portal|France}}
- [http://journalegoiste.com/ Official Website]
- [https://www.instagram.com/journalegoiste/?hl=en https://www.the-crave.com/brand/egoiste Instagram profile]
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Category:Photojournalistic magazines
Category:1977 establishments in France
Category:French-language magazines
Category:Irregularly published magazines
Category:Magazines published in Paris
Category:Photography in France
Category:Photography magazines
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