Born in France, Bettina Rheims is one of the most iconic and sought after female photographers of her time. Renowned for her talent to seamlessly combine commercial aspects with high-art to produce provocative imagery, her works have been exhibited around the world, including Korea, Japan, and China, where she was inspired to create a beautiful exhibition and book on Shanghai with Serge Bramly in 2003.

Bettina Rheims presents her first photo exhibition in Hong Kong, titled “Rose, c’est Paris”. Originally produced in France by Louis Roederer, the exhibition was first presented at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 2010.

The exhibition tells the story of a beautiful and mysterious woman in searchof her twin sister, and her adventures through a Parisian underworld filled with secret buildings and unusual skylines. Shot in black and white, photographs depicting cityscapes, ordinary people curiously posed in their natural surroundings, and glamorous or leather-clad women, evoke a surrealist, Duchamp-like ambience that is characteristically Rheims; seductive, intriguing, and voyeuristic.

To further demonstrate her capabilities to capture magnificent beauty there are unique portraits of celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Monica Belluci, Michelle Yeoh, and Charlotte Rampling amongst the 80 images on display.

Rheims often collaborates with Serge Bramly, film-maker, and award winning writer who received an Interallié Prize for his novel “The First Principle, The Second Principle”. To accompany the exhibition there is a special screening of a film by Bramly. The moving images go hand in hand with the still photographs, as a link in which to tell the story.

This exhibition contains explicit images and nudity.