Jerome Albertini Annalisa Janette Beckman Teri Bloom Chris Buck Danny Clinch Michel Comte Mo Daoud Matthew Dean Peter Dokus Sante D'orazio George Dubose Roger Erickson Davis Factor Jesse Frohman Marc Hom T. Hopkins Gregory Jackson Hassan Jarane Eric Johnson Jeffrey Kane David Katzenstein Kevin Knight David LaChapelle Christian Lantry Michael Lavine Robert Lewis Dana Lixenberg Anthony Mandler Jonathan Mannion Clay Patrick McBride Ernie Paniccioli Adam Port Ebet Roberts Matthew Salacuse Michael Schreiber Mark Seliger Jamel Shabazz Piotr Sikora Atsuko Tanaka Max Vadukul Nitin Vadukul Cesar Vera Christian Witkin         Michel Comte Michel Comte, who was born in Zurich in 1954, developed a love for photography at the age of twelve. He had a particular interest in the work of Man Ray, Weegee, and the Swiss photographer Gottard Schuh. He went on to a career in art restoration, working for Pierre Boissonas, as well as Bruno Bishofberger and Thomas Ammann. But when that business took him to Paris, and he was asked to re-shoot a failed advertising campaign, his career as a photographer began. Since 1979, Comte has established himself at the forefront of the international photographic community. His work regularly appears in American, Italian, and German Vogue, L'uomo Vogue, Vanity Fair, Arude, and Dutch. Some of his commercial clients include : Gianfranco Ferre, Armani, Givenchy, Dolce&Gabbana, BMW, Sony, Siemens, Nike and Gap. Despite his numerous other projects, and his success with fashion and advertising photography, Comte has never lost sight of his passionate interest in people; a curiosity that compels him to document human behavior for beyond the confines of his studio. That desire, and his travels throughout the world, lead to his collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Comte's charitable endeavors do not end there. He is currently setting up a company which will be called "4", whose sole purpose is to handle various charity projects. The company's work will be chronicled in a quarterly magazine of the same name that will be included as a free insert along with Dutch, the magazine that Comte is now producing in collaboration with Sandor Lubbe. Each issue of "4" will be dedicated to a specific charity, and the premier issue will benefit the ICRC. < < Click on an Immortal Photographer.