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Denis Piel was born in France on 1 March 1944, raised in Australia and educated in the United States. He currently lives in the south-west of France. He is an internationally acclaimed award winning photographer and filmmaker primarily recognised for his influential approach within the field of fashion photography in the 1980s. == Background == Piel's father, Serge was French; his mother, Lily came from a wealthy Jewish family in Vienna. She was at university in Paris when the war broke out. She joined the resistance there. Lily escaped the occupied zone after being warned not go home as the gestapo were waiting for her. She eventually made her way to Marseille after a brief "séjour" at the Septfonds Internment Camp near Montauban – a guard released her because she spoke such good French. She met Serge Piel at the croque-fruits〔TANGUY, Delphine, Croque-Fruits, la coopérative marseillaise qui aidait les juifs et résistants, http://www.laprovence.com/article/france-8323, 27 December 2010, published 16h26〕 in Marseille. They married in 1942; their first son Marc was born the same year. Lily's father had stayed in Paris. Lily later found out that he had been rounded up in the raffle of the Vel d'Hiv and was deported to Auschwitz – he did not survive〔He was taken in the Vel d’Hiv roundup 17 July 1942. He was taken to Auschwitz where he was exterminated 27 July 1942. He was part of the convoy No 9, 22 July 1942. There were 615 men from 16 to 77 years old and 385 women from 16 to 67 years old, all arrested in Paris during the roundups of 16 and 17 July.〕 Serge and Lily left Marseille when it was occupied, once again they were warned not to return home as they were being hunted by German police. They left for Lormes where they joined the resistance of the Morvan.〔http://www.lejdc.fr/nievre/actualite/pays/morvan/2012/07/28/ces-etrangers-qui-ont-resiste-dans-les-maquis-du-morvan-1231916.html〕 Denis was born in March 1944 – he and his brother were separated from their parents until the end of September. Their story is told in a book about the Maquis of the Morvan.〔TUAL Yves & BLEMUS – Ceux du Maquis – Plainefas, Vermot, Les Goths – Maquis Camille. S.l.n.d. (I.G.N. imp. 1944), les personnages et la vie du « Maquis Camille ». 30 illustrations, donc deux avec sergeant FRANCE – Lilly PIEL.〕 After the war ended Denis' parents emigrated with their children to Australia seeking a new life and escape from the terrors of the war. Denis grew up not knowing any of this family background. His paternal grandfather was Jean Piel〔http://www.leseditionsdeminuit.fr/f/index.php?sp=livAut&auteur_id=1685〕 the editor of the intellectual revue ''Critique''. Jean Piel was married to Simone Maklès – one of the famed Maklès sisters. Her sister Rose was married to the Surrealist painter André Masson, and Sylvia, famous for her role in the Jean Renoir film Partie de campagne, was married to Georges Bataille and then to the renowned psychiatrist Jacques Lacan. "Piel was therefore close to the centre of what would become a new post-war avant-garde. He was a mediator, little known to the general public but extremely influential behind the scenes of intellectual life."〔MACY, David, Michel Foucault, Reaktion Books, 2004 p.24〕 Serge was studying in the merchant marines when the war broke out. In Australia he developed a new life first as a glove designer and manufacturer and later as a fisherman, returning to his first love, the sea. Serge was killed in a car accident in 1966. Lily continued her education in Australia as an educator and received her doctorate, becoming a professor of French and German at Melbourne University. When denis was twelve his parents separated. Lily subsequently moved back to her beloved Paris and worked for UNESCO. She died there in 2002. Piel's step-mother, Mary Hind-Roberts who had worked with major photographers during her time at The Australian Wool Board in London, gave Piel his first camera and encouraged him in the pursuit of photography. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denis Piel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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