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The photographic project ICONIC began in 2016 and evolved since then into a huge work of art and passion.

With the help of fashion designer Lucie Vervellea and visual and makeup artist Joris Souris, I was able to recreate with innovation and accuracy more than 150 photos of artistic and historic figures who shaped the world as we know it.

In order to make the project flawless, artistic and physiognomic skills were required as well as historic and biographic knowledge of each icon.

Here's a mesmerizing glimpse of this work. You can also check out my work at the links below.

More info: Instagram | etienneclotis.com | Facebook | Vimeo

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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

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I am Etienne CLOTIS photographer and director. I am passionate about images. I love to tell stories for 20 years already!

I am passionate about all forms of art, as a child, I did dance, singing and theatre, then I went back to the Conservatory to make films, but one day I fell in love with photography!

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

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"Iconic" was born thanks to my passion for Marilyn Monroe, I find it extraordinary that someone who has died for years can still be so present in the collective culture.

One day I photographed a look-alike of Marilyn and it was the beginning of the creation of "Iconic". I partnered with a talented makeup artist, Joris Souris and a stylist who is passionate about her profession, Lucie Vervellea.

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Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher

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Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

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The challenge was to dive into the life of a character because it was not possible for me to just copy a photograph or a vague idea of the icon we wanted to photograph.

The goal was to get to know the character, to find my vision of his or her life! What period to represent? How to dress him or her? What’s gonna be recognizable? For that I read between 2 and 3 biographies per character, it takes a lot of time! But it was still an exciting adventure!

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Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

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Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

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"Iconic" represents three years of work, it is now a book with more than 180 photographs inside. It is with this book that I got my Master's in photography and I am very proud of it!

You can check out the book here!

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David Bowie

David Bowie

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

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Twiggy

Twiggy

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Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles

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Napoléon

Napoléon

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Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

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Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

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Bob Marley

Bob Marley

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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

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Olivia Newton And John Travolta

Olivia Newton And John Travolta

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Jackie Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy

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James Dean

James Dean

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Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

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Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

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Grace Jones

Grace Jones

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Louis Xiv

Louis Xiv

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Maria Callas

Maria Callas

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Mohamed Ali

Mohamed Ali

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Nina Simone

Nina Simone

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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

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Jeanne D'arc

Jeanne D'arc

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Note: this post originally had 42 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

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