This monograph, published in the Gallimard imprint Le Promeneur, presents a survey of David Seidner’s photographic work alongside a reflective text by Patrick Mauriès, his long-time collaborator.

The book brings together key strands of Seidner’s practice: fashion photography developed for magazines such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, his sculptural portrait studies of artists and cultural figures, and his later, more austere work, including his classical nudes and orchid series. Across these bodies of work, Seidner’s imagery is defined by a precise control of light, surface, and composition, often referencing art history—from Greek sculpture to the portrait traditions of Sargent, Ingres, and Velázquez.