Frederick-Edwin Bertin

I began working with Condé Nast Paris. This led to work with Vogue Hommes, Vogue Décoration, and Vogue Paris each of which gave me regular assignments that included not only portraits, but special assignments that included coverage of well-known vineyards in Bordelais, British aristocrats such as the Duchess of Devonshire and Viscount Linley, as well as Parisian haute couture.

Next, I changed my focus to producing my own series of work beginning with a study on the five top colleges in Cambridge University, including portraits of not only professors, scientists, researchers, and college deans, but gardeners, porters, maids, butlers, and eventually students – each in their own environment. This series was exhibited at Christie’s London, King Street, Paris Galerie Demi-Teinte, and then published by Vogue Paris. Several of these portraits are also in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
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After producing a very intimate work on les Benedictines du Beguinage de Bruges, my attention turned to “my Swedish saga”…the artistic team of Ingmar Bergman in Stockholm. And, for three years I devoted myself to producing 98 portraits, plus one of Bergman himself. One of only two portraits of Bergman that h...

College Stanislas, Paris
Course Study, Les Beaux Arts Paris
History of Art, Cambridge University
Former Assistant to Jerome Ducrot and Guy Bourdin
Hasselblad Master Award, 2005

Christie's London - King Street
Berlin Kinematheque
Art Photo Collection, Gotheborg Sweden
Galerie Armelle Toublanc, Paris
Galerie Demi-Teinte, Paris
National Portrait Gallery London, Permanent Collection