Twisted Fantasies Of Pierre Molinier
At the age of 50, well before his death in 1976, French photographer Pierre Molinier fashioned himself an imaginary grave. It read: “Here lies Pierre Molinier born on 13 April 1900 — died around 1950 — He was a man without morals — He didn’t give a fuck of glory and honor — Useless to pray for him.” “The Temptations of Pierre Molinier,” currently on view at London’s Richard Saltoun Gallery, revisits the work of one of the most giddily depraved photographers of all time. Most of his smallscale, home-developed silver gelatin prints depict Molinier himself, dressed in drag and drenched in shadow.
