Violette Leduc

1960–1964

Portraits of Renoir, Breton, Barthes and Chanel

In 1960–1964 he photographed Jean Renoir (1960), André Breton (1961), Roland Barthes (1963) and Coco Chanel (1964).

1962

Sardinia for Vogue

In 1962 he spent about twenty days in Sardinia for Vogue, visiting Nuoro, Oliena, Orgosolo, Orani (hosted by his friend Costantino Nivola), Cagliari and other places on the island.

1965–1967

A second retrospective: Tokyo, Paris, New York, London

In 1965–1967 his second retrospective was shown in Tokyo, at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris, and in New York, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Zurich, Cologne and other cities.

1966

He steps back from Magnum for portraits and landscapes

In 1966 he withdrew as a principal of Magnum (which still distributes his photographs) to concentrate on portraiture and landscapes; he settled in the mountains of Provence and took up drawing Alpine landscapes.