Paris Noir- A book by Steve Anderson

Paris Noir- A book by Steve Anderson
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The Real Housewives of Orange County

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Monique St. Pierre




Last Friday I had the pleasure of working with Monique St. Pierre, a former Playmate of the Year and model as well as a great friend. It had been awhile since Monique had been in front of the camera so we wanted to do something really special with her.

Located in Van Nuys (of all places) is her home, an acre of property surrounded by lush plants, flowers and trees, a small oasis in a city not well known for being pretty. On the property are finches and pigeons, living in large wire cages nestled within the foliage, a pond full of turtles and fish and several Savannah cats. For those you who may be unfamiliar, Savannahs are domestic cats bred to look like miniature leopards.

The house itself was filled with antiques and art deco style furniture, river rock walls and tiled floors. Gorgeous! The perfect “set” for some great portraits of Monique. After touring the house and grounds, I knew exactly how I wanted to photograph her.

We started with an art deco style portrait with Monique in a dress from the late 1800s. Her son Chris even jumped in for some shots with his Mom as well as his own set of portraits. From there, we took the shoot outside where Monique posed with a 40 lb Savannah cat on her shoulders! Monique had some great vintage wardrobe and we ended the day with her in a snakeskin dress with feathers, photographed under an outdoor chandelier.

The coups de grĂ¢ce of the day is when we wrapped, Monique took us up to the Playboy mansion. We had an intimate dinner and met Hugh Hefner and Holly Madison as well as many other great people.

An amazing day with good friends and a great crew. Special thanks to Stephani Reuter for make up, Betsy Klein for producing and Glenn Williams for assisting.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

I met Monique one night in the winter of 1978 in a tavern in Georetown, Colorado; while listening to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I will never forget the beautiful sensual Monique. I feel very fortunate for the time I spent with her. What a sweetheart.

I enjoyed your post very much. It's now January of 2016 so I'm commenting on a post of 8 years ago but I just happened across this now. By the way your photo shoot was amazing.

Dan

Mark Brunetz

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Steve’s photo of Mark Brunetz, TV host and designer on the Style Network’s Clean House, has been chosen for NOHO Studios premiere gallery exhibition titled “Fame in the Frame”.
Located in North Hollywood, the studio will feature celebrity images from only 20 of Los Angeles’ top photographers. Opening night is July 26, 2008 7:00 pm.
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