Celebrity photographer Jeremy Jakubowicz

Jeremy Jakubowicz’s name travels among publicists, agents and editors long before anyone sees his pictures. Born in Cannes, he shaped his eye through fashion: a feel for light, for texture, for clothes as they are worn. He puts it to work for what a star expects from a portrait: to be recognized at first glance, and yet discovered in a new light.

His signature comes down to a few things, which is what makes it so recognizable: light he chooses rather than endures, a place that says something about the person, a pose found in a few words that never freezes what is natural.

Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Tom Cruise, Rihanna and Harrison Ford have posed for his camera. A celebrity portrait photographer, he shoots magazine covers as well as press-kit portraits, headshots and campaigns. Courteous, discreet and quick when time is short, he puts artists at ease and respects their team’s work: that is why they call him back.

Based in Paris, Jeremy Jakubowicz lives between Paris and Monaco. Paris means the Fashion Weeks, the shows and the parties where stars meet; Monaco, a demanding clientele used to the very best. Born in Cannes, he knows the French Riviera inside out and covers all its major events, from the Cannes Film Festival to the NRJ Music Awards.

Milan is on his doorstep, New York is a regular stop, and he flies wherever a star needs him, all the way to Los Angeles. For an agent or a manager, bringing him to a ceremony on the other side of the world is a request like any other.

Hiring him means choosing a high-end photographer, with the certainty of images worthy of the biggest stars.

His portraits and editorials appear in the international press: Vanity Fair, for its Italian edition in Paris and for Vanity Fair France in Monaco, L’Officiel and Glamour. In Cannes, he was also part of the shoot Paris Match organized with Eva Longoria at the Carlton. Major houses have trusted him, from Dior to Chanel, Givenchy and Bvlgari.

For an editor, a series signed by Jeremy Jakubowicz is a story: a star in a place that suits them, light that serves the narrative, images designed for the printed page as much as for social media.

Every season, the Paris, Milan and New York Fashion Weeks bring together designers, editors and front-row stars. Jeremy Jakubowicz photographs the celebrities invited by the houses, in private sessions before the show or in the front row: Meredith Mickelson before the Mugler show and Teyana Taylor before Chanel in Paris, Naomi Campbell, Emily Ratajkowski, Winnie Harlow and Jake Paul at the PrettyLittleThing designed by Naomi Campbell show in New York.

Coming from fashion, he makes an outfit come alive as much as a face: exactly what houses, stylists and publicists ask of him.

In Cannes, Jeremy Jakubowicz works with the Carlton and the grand hotels of the Croisette, where the stars stay during the Festival. That is where he holds his sessions: Eva Longoria in the Carlton’s kitchens, Pierre de Maere in his room before the NRJ Music Awards, Noah Schnapp at sunset on the Carlton beach.

These palaces give him access to the places where artists get ready, away from the crowds: a real asset for a publicist who wants rare images, taken in calm, during the busiest days of the year.