Chaumet. Photographers' gaze

Carol Woolton is a Jewelry Historian, Editor, Stylist, and Jewelry Editor at British Vogue for two decades, also serving as Contributing Jewelry Director. She was the pioneering jewellery editor at Tatler Magazine and has contributed extensively to various publications worldwide, including The Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Air Mail, American Vogue, and the Daily Telegraph. She curates jewellery exhibitions and has authored five books covering antique and historic jewels to contemporary styles. Recent works include Vogue: The Jewelry exploring a century of style and The New Stone Age offering ideas and inspiration for living with crystals. Sylvie Lécallier oversees the photography collection and publications at the Palais Galliera, Paris's Fashion Museum. With a wealth of experience curating exhibitions, including notable shows like Henry Clarke, fashion photographer and Papier glacé, a century of fashion photography at Condé Nast, she has also co-curated exhibitions such as Madame Grès, couture at work. Notably, she organised the retrospective of Vogue Paris magazine's centennial celebration in 2021. Additionally, she has authored several photography books and is a regular contributor to the Fashion Eye collection by Louis Vuitton Editions. Flora Triebel is Curator in charge of the 19th-century photography collection at the Prints and Photography Department of the National Library of France. Her research focuses on the history of photography. Her text will emphasise the pioneering and innovative use of photography by Chaumet. A connection woven by Joseph Chaumet that continues to this day.

• General introduction on the links between Chaumet and photography, by Carol WooltonIconic PhotographsEditorials from 2022, 2021Cross-Perspective Portfolio reproducing iconic commissions and campaigns to emphasize Chaumet's significant role in photographyTestimonials from photographers collected by Sylvie LécallierIconic PhotographsEditorials up to the 1960sJoseph Chaumet's studio, Collection of the most beautiful glass platesIntroduction to this section by Flora Triebel revealing Chaumet's essential and pioneering dimension in photographyShort biographies of the photographersPhotographic credits