Kate Barry is a trusted photographer

She was incredibly talented, but unhappy at the same time. Having been born into a bohemian family, Kate was doomed to success from the very beginning. She did not conquer either the screen or the stage, but became famous for her beautiful and natural portraits of famous actresses. Having ended her life by flying out of the window, this talented woman left behind a lot of expressive and impressive photographs. She was a trusted photographer.

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Kate Barry was born in London in 1967 in the family of actress and singer Jane Birkin and composer John Barry. Her parents separated when Kate was three years old. She lived with her mother in France, she saw her father only 10 years later, when Jane broke up with Serge Gainsbourg.

Kate was in the center of everyone's attention from a young age. And she took up photography in the mid-1990s. "Since childhood, I've been photographed a lot, it must have influenced me," Kate said. — Letting someone take your picture implies a certain degree of openness and trust, which I don't have. For a long time, the camera was for me a remedy for the sadness that I was experiencing."

Barry was a troubled teenager. She had to be treated for drug addiction. After that, in 1994, she founded a charity organization for the treatment of drug addicts and opened the first free residential complex of its kind in France.

Family connections proved to be very useful for Kate — they allowed her to penetrate the world of the rich and famous. She got the hang of filming people, especially women, especially actresses. They felt relaxed and open in front of Barry's lens, so she was able to capture their naturalness and beauty. "For me, photography has always been about creating a world around women," she said.

Among the celebrities she captured were Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Sophie Marceau, Monica Bellucci, Tilda Swinton, Helena Bonham Carter, Carla Bruni, Sofia Coppola, Charlotte Gainsbourg (Kate Barry's half-sister).

The natural style of her work has pleased many editors. She has shot for Cosmopolitan, Elle, Le Figaro Madame, Paris Match and Vogue magazines. She also worked on advertising campaigns for Lipton Tea, Pierre Cardin and Dior Perfumes.

Kate Barry also shot amazing landscapes. When asked to compare herself to the landscape, she replied: "A nice little shrub shivering in the wind somewhere in the Scottish or Welsh moors."

Barry died in 2013. She committed suicide by jumping out of the window of her apartment in Paris.