Ali Mahdavi for Cointreau 2008

Angel or Devil?

Ali Mahdavi (born in Teheran, Iran, in July 1974, living in Paris) creates a photographic story about an half-angel, half-devil, an elegant femme fatale who holds a bottle of Cointreau like a seductive perfume in her hands. „Queen of Burlesque" Dita von Teese is the star in this stylish campaign.

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Ali Mahdavi's editorial works can be found in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Dazed & Confused, ID, GQ, Harpers Bazaar, ...

Advertising campaigns: Cartier International, Bill Blass, Balmain, Emanuel Ungaro, Thierry Mugler Parfum, Agent Provocateur, Loulou de la Falaise, ...

Check out his celebrity works for Kylie Minogue, Jean Paul Gaultier, Donatella Versace, Yohiji Yamamoto, Karl Lagerfeld, Rick Owens, … at www.alimahdavi.net.

Ali Mahdavi studied art at the Ecole Boulle and the Ecole Nationale des Arts Appliqués Duperré. During this time he designed clothes for Thierry Mugler. From January to June 1998, he went on an exchange program (Erasmus) with the painting department at the Royal College of Art in London. Admitted to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1996 where he graduated summa cum laude with unanimity (2000). He also received a grant given by the LVMH group to go to the San Francisco Art Institute from February to July 2000.