It was the worst news that hit her: this Monday, February 26, the photographer Ellen von Unwerth, particularly famous for her photos of the world’s greatest models and artists, announced the death of her husband Christian Fourteau. A couple for many years, the couple had been in perfect love for over 30 years and had even welcomed a daughter, now a young adult.
Her photos have gone around the world, but today, it is in Paris that she is experiencing her grief: an immense photographer recognized by the best professionals, Ellen von Unwerth announced this Wednesday the death of her husband, Christian Fourteau, music producer, which happened two days ago. A discreet announcement, in the pages of the Figarobut which proves that all the people who loved the sixty-year-old are today plunged into mourning.
And in particular their only daughter, Rebecca. Born in 1990, the 34-year-old young woman followed her mother on the path of image and fashion: for several years, she has been a director of music videos and short films for fashion houses and prestigious brands in New York. An accomplishment that probably made his dad very proud, discreet alongside the great German photographer he had married.
A photographer who had just arrived from her native country in the 80s. At the time, the one who was orphaned at 2 years old worked in a circus and she was offered to serve as a model for French photographers. A job that she kept for 10 years before moving to the other side of the lens and becoming one of the most renowned photographers in the field, thanks in particular to her photos of her compatriot Claudia Schiffer.
Ellen von Unwert: a great photographer in mourning
“Ellen von Unwerth is a woman in a man’s world“, journalists described her in particular several years ago. But for now, the 70-year-old German is first and foremost a woman in mourning, who will have to overcome the pain of this loss at such a young age. Fortunately, she will be able to without doubt counting on her husband’s clan, including Marie-Eugénie, Richard, Anne-Marie, her brothers and sisters, or her numerous nephews and nieces. And in particular for the burial at Père Lachaise, Saturday March 2.
A moment which promises to be particularly touching, especially since Ellen has already taken refuge there: as the only reaction to the death of her husband, she actually posted a photo in an Instagram story of the large angel statue on the family vault. And we imagine that things are not easy…
