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Artist:
Annie Leibovitz, born 2 Oct 1949  Search this
Sitter:
Thomas Keller, born 14 Oct 1955  Search this
Medium:
Archival pigment print
Dimensions:
Image: 66.1 × 66.3 cm (26 × 26 1/8")
Sheet: 77.7 × 77.9 cm (30 9/16 × 30 11/16")
Frame: 92.1 × 92.1 × 3.8 cm (36 1/4 × 36 1/4 × 1 1/2")
Mat: 91.4 × 91.4 cm (36 × 36")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\California\Napa\Yountville
Date:
2014 (printed 2015)
Exhibition Label:
Thomas Keller is an award-winning chef, cookbook author and entrepreneur known not only for his acclaimed restaurants but also for his encouragement of young chefs. Trained in both the United States and France, Keller opened his first restaurant in 1987 before founding the centerpiece of his culinary empire, the French Laundry, in 1994. The Yountville, California, dining destination and his New York venture Per Se have both received three stars from Michelin’s prestigious restaurant guide. Keller has now stepped away from the kitchen to run his burgeoning restaurant group. He is also president of the United States team for the elite Bocuse d’Or French cooking competition.
To mark Keller’s twentieth anniversary with the French Laundry, Annie Leibovitz photographed the chef in the restaurant’s culinary garden. This portrait was published in Vanity Fair’s August 2014 issue, accompanied by a glowing tribute to Keller by “culinary comrade-in-arms” Alice Waters.
Thomas Keller es un galardonado chef, autor de libros de cocina y empresario, conocido no solo por sus elogiados restaurantes, sino también por estimular a los chefs jóvenes. Se educó en Estados Unidos y Francia, y abrió su primer restaurante en 1987 antes de fundar el punto central de su imperio culinario, The French Laundry, en 1994. Tanto este destino gastronómico en Yountville, California, como su establecimiento en Nueva York, Per Se, han recibido tres estrellas de la prestigiosa guía de restaurantes Michelin. Keller ahora ha dejado la cocina para administrar su próspero grupo de restaurantes. También es presidente del equipo de Estados Unidos para el prestigioso concurso culinario francés Bocuse d’Or.
Para conmemorar el vigésimo aniversario de Keller con The French Laundry, Annie Leibovitz lo fotografió en el huerto del restaurante. Este retrato se publicó en la edición de agosto de 2014 de la revista Vanity Fair, acompañado de un tributo jubiloso a Keller por su “camarada culinaria”, Alice Waters.
Topic:
Costume\Apron  Search this
Exterior\Landscape  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Watch  Search this
Exterior\Garden  Search this
Nature & Environment\Animal\Chicken  Search this
Architecture\Building\Shed  Search this
Thomas Keller: Male  Search this
Thomas Keller: Crafts and Trades\Culinary Arts\Chef  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Shelby and Frederick Gans
Object number:
C/NPG.2015.104
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© 2014 Annie Leibovitz
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c6046837-2589-4abd-a87e-1880c4d52398
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_C_NPG.2015.104